Custom Elements

When configuring custom elements, there are two main methods to use: manual entry through the FS Manager GUI, or bulk upload from an XML file. Both are discussed below.

Custom Elements through the FS Manager GUI

Custom elements can be entered through the Elements tab of FS Manager. To do this, click New (Fig. 1).

Figure 1. New element button within FS Manager.

This opens the element entry interface, where you can fill out the details of your elements. For each element, you must select the category, group and type. Only once all three of these are selected will the element be registered as Custom (Fig. 2).

Figure 2. Element configuration interface, with dropdown menus displayed.

Once you have selected all of the categories and entered your element name, click Save (see Fig. 1). It is important that you always have a “No Value” variant of any element you create, unless you have an explicit reason to exclude this.

In the example, we are creating the SOV for the Extremely Cool Spin, the SOV table for which is below:

Extremely Cool Spin

To do this, we first create the No Value variant (XeSp), then XeSpB, XeSp1 and XeSp2. For each element, fill out the Base Value and for Calc (Fig. 3, right hand side). For elements where the grade of execution bonuses increase as the element level increases (as is typical for spins), this will be the same value in each box. After entering the Base Value and for Calc values, click Save, then click Calculate SOV, followed by clicking Save again. This will fill out the SOV boxes according to standard SOV scaling. If your element uses atypical SOV scaling, you must enter each value manually.

Figure 3. Examples of XeSp Scale Of Values entered into FS Manager.

If you are creating an element where SOV bonuses remain constant with changing levels of element (e.g., twizzles in Ice Dance), Base Value represents the base value of the element level (i.e., GOE +0), and for Calc represents the base value that is used to calculate the GOE bonuses (which is commonly equal to the base value of the level 1 version of the element). An example of this is in Figure 4.

Figure 4. Examples of elements with different Base Value and for Calc values. Note that the GOE scales for ATwW1 and ATwW2 are the same as the for Calc value is 3.12 in both cases.

Custom Elements in XML Documents

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For a more portable solution, XML files can be written to define custom elements. These should be loaded after the master elements list that ships with FS Manager is loaded, and will not affect the element checksums unless a custom element redefines an existing element. The below procedure will load custom elements in addition to the stock elements:

1. Load the stock elements XML into FS Manager. This is found in the MasterData folder of the FS Manager install (default: C:\SwissTiming\OVR\FSManager\MasterData)
2. Load the custom elements XML into FS Manager by the same method. Once loaded, this should produce a popup showing how many new elements have been added and how many have been modified. Any modifications will affect the element list checksum, while additions do not.

<!-- This element version is ignored for custom elements -->
<ISUCalcFS elm_version="2425.4">
    <!-- Custom elements must be enclosed within a Custom_Element_List node, or they will delete the standard elements from the database -->
    <Custom_Element_List>
        <!-- ELM_ID must be unique -->
        <!-- ELM_NAME defines the long name printed in FS Manager -->
        <!-- ELM_SNAME defines the element code that is used to assign a value to the element -->
        <!-- ELM_SNAMWL defines the element name without a level, applicable to elements like spins (i.e., if ELM_SNAME was SSp4, ELM_SNAMWL would be SSp) -->
        <!-- ELM Group defines the category types which the element can be performed in -->
        <!-- ELM_SORT is an ID that is used to sort the elements in the SOV printout. It should be unique for clarity -->
        <!-- ELM_CALCGR determines the grouping for pattern dances -->
        <!-- ELM_VAL4 determines the element's calculation base value -->
        <!-- ELM_CALCBV determines the calculation base value for GOE calculations (e.g., for Solo Dance edge elements where GOE bonuses are the same for levels 1-4) -->
        <!-- ELM_TYPE determines the element type within FS Manager, though this does not seem to affect the way the element behaves when used in competition -->
        <Element ELM_ID="4000" ELM_NAME="Single Axel (Half Bonus)" ELM_SNAME="1Ah" ELM_SNAMWL="1Ah" ELM_SORT="BISF001" ELM_GROUP="S" ELM_CALCGR=" " ELM_VAL4="1.6" ELM_CALCBV="1.1" ELM_TYPE="Jump"/>
    </Custom_Element_List>
</ISUCalcFS>

BIS Custom Elements