Documentation for Intellect 4.10.4. Documentation for other versions of Intellect is available too.

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The objects are attached to the layers on the interactive map with the use of the Map editor utility.

Note

To open the Map editor utility window click the Edit layer button on the settings panel of the Layer object (see Creating the layers of the interactive map).

Attach the objects to the layers of the interactive map as follows:

  1. Activate the New object dialog window of the Map editor utility in one of three possible ways:
    1. Execute the main menu operation Objects operations -> New object.
    2. Click the  button on the tools panel.
    3. Execute the context menu operation New object (to activate it, right-click anywhere on the map).

  2. Select the required object in the objects tree of the New object dialog box (1).

    Note

    To refresh the objects tree, click the Refresh tree button (2).

    Note

    Click the Set button (3) to highlight with bold font the objects in the object tree which were already added to any layers of any maps. If you click the highlighted object in the object tree, the layers and the maps to which this object belongs, will be displayed in the Position drop-down list (4).

    Note

    To search the object by the name or a part of the name, enter it in the Search field (5) and click the Find button (6).

  3. As a result, the name of the selected object is automatically displayed in the Name field (7).
  4. Enter the icon size in the W (Width) and H (Height) fields (8). The size is specified in pixels. If 0 is set for W and H, the icon is displayed in the original scale.

  5. Enter the icon shift along the X and Y axes in pixels (9). The first icon is added in such a way that the upper left corner of its rectangle is the point of the last mouse click. The subsequent icons are added with the specified shift.

    Note

    If the 0 value is specified in the X and Y fields, the object icons are displayed on top of one another.

  6. In the Type of display group (10) set the required checkboxes. If several types are selected, then several separate icons of the selected object will be simultaneously added to the map. These icons can then be removed and edited independently of one another.

    Type of display item

    Object icon display type

    Usage

    Image

    Object’s schematic view

    Objects of main configuration

    Image and indicator

    Object’s schematic view and indicator of object’s state

    SCADA objects

    Text

    Object name and text defined by script (see the Examples of scripts in JScript language section of the Programming Guide (JScript))

    The icons with the Text type of display can be used to place a comment on the map (containing descriptions, notes, any additional information). The text of the comment can be specified after adding the object using the Text information parameter on the Properties panel (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel)

    Note. If the Text type of display is selected, the object value will be displayed on the map as "Value = <value>". In order for an object value to be displayed without "Value =", it is necessary to change the HideAnalogName parameter value in the Windows OS registry to 1 (see Registry keys reference guide)

    SCADA objects

    Line

    Objects’ images in the form of straight line or polyline

    SCADA objects

    PolygonObject representation as the polygon with specified color and transparency with arbitrary number of apexes.SCADA objects
    EllipsisObject representation as the ellipse with specified color and transparency.SCADA objects

    Note

    If the Image and indicator or Text type of display is selected, the object's values/states will be saved after the Intellect restarts only if the object receives new values/states during the Map operation. If no new values/states were received before the Intellect closing, they are not to be saved.

    Note

    The object icon is automatically displayed in the Preview field (11) in accordance with the selected type of display.
  7. In the Comment field (12) enter the additional information if necessary.
  8. From the Text position drop-down list (13) select the object name display position with respect to the icon: none (i.e. only icon without a name is displayed), above, to the right, below, to the left.
  9. Click Paste button (14) or press Insert on the keyboard to attach the object to the layer of interactive map.
  10. Repeat steps 2-8 for all required objects.
  11. Click Close button to close the New object dialog window (15).

Note.

If many objects (1-2 thousand) are attached to a layer, there may be problems when they are displayed in the interactive map window due to operating system limitations. In this case, enable the Image viewing acceleration in the Map menu.

If even more objects are attached to the layer, increase the values of the following registry keys to improve their display:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Windows \ GDIProcessHandleQuota and USERProcessHandleQuota.
However, it is not recommended to attach more than a thousand objects to a layer.

Attachment of objects to the layers of interactive map is complete.


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