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The Map editor utility toolbar is shown on the figure:

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The Map editor utility enables to perform the following operations with the objects, added to the layer.

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The Map editor utility enables to perform the operations with a group of objects. For selecting the several objects it is necessary to hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard.

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1. Select an object that is to be edited.  Green-pointed frame will appear around the image as a result.
2. Call for the Edit object dialog window of the Map editor utility in one of the three ways:
   
   1. Perform the command of the main menu Operations with objects -> Edit object;
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   3. Perform the Edit command of the context menu (is called by right-clicking the object’s image).
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3. The type of the selected object is automatically displayed in the Object field (1).
4. ID of the selected object is automatically displayed in the Identifier field (2).

5. If necessary change the type of object’s displaying with the help of the Type of display switch (3).

   The switch position	Type of object’s displaying	Note
   Image	Schematic object’s image	Basic configuration objects, SCADA objects
   Image and indicator	Schematic image and identifier of object’s state	SCADA objects
   Text	Object name and text defined on the Properties panel or by script (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel or Examples of scripts in JScript language in the Programming Guide (JScript)).	SCADA objects
   Line	Displaying object in the form of a straight line	SCADA objects
   Polygon	Displaying object in the form of a polygon	Basic configuration objects, SCADA objects
   Ellipsis	Displaying object in the form of an ellipsis	Basic configuration objects, SCADA objects

   
   

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   Line object transformed to text will no longer be displayed on the Map, if Text info property is empty (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).

   
   

6. If required change object’s additional data in the Comment field (4).
7. To save the changes click OK (5).

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1. Select object’s name the font, color or background of which is to be edited. Green-pointed frame will appear around the image as a result.
2. Open the Properties panel (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
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3. Set X and Y coordinates of the left upper corner of the text frame as well as frame's height and width (w and h) and clockwise rotation Angle (1).
4. In the Color field select the object's name font color (2).
5. In the Background color field select the object's name background color (3).
6. Click ... in the Font field (4). The standard Windows dialog window Font of the Map editor utility is opened. This dialog box can also be called by main menu command Operations with objects > Set the font
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7. In the opened dialog window set the required font or color parameters.
8. Click Ok to save the changes.

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1. Select the object the size of which is to be edited. Green-pointed frame will appear around the image as a result.
2. Call for the Object’s size dialog window of the Edit map utility by the main menu command Operations with objects > Object’s size.

3. Specify the size of the image: Width (icon's width) and Height (icon’s height) fields – 1, 2. Icon’s size is expressed in pixels.

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   If 0 value is entered in the fields Width and Height , object’s icon will be displayed in the original size.

   
   

4. Click Ok to save the changes (3).
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Editing the object’s size is completed.

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1. Select the object the position of which is to be edited.
2. Call for the  Position of object  dialog window of the Map Edit utility in one of two ways:
   
   1. Perform the command of the main menu Operations with objects > Object’s position;
   2. Perform the command of the context menu Object’s position (is called by right-clicking the object’s image).
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3. Set the coordinates of the object’s center: X (horizontal indent from the left border of graphic plan) and Z (horizontal indent from the bottom border of graphic plan) fields (1-2).

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   The In Meters switch position is relevant when real parameters of the guarded object are set, to which this layer corresponds (see. Creating the layers of the interactive map).

   
   

4. Enter the angle in degrees of object’s image turn in the Angle field. The angle is set  counterclockwise from the contour line (3).
5. To save the changes click OK (4).

Editing the object’s position with the help of Object’s position dialog window is completed.

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1. Open the Properties panel for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
2. Expand the Position and Size settings group. For the Line icon type, specify the coordinates of the initial point (x0, y0) and end point (x1, y1) of the line in this group.
   
3. For other icons, specify the coordinates of the upper left corner (x, y), width (w) and height (h).
   
4. To rotate the icon, specify the required rotation angle in degrees in the Angle field.
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Editing the object position using the Properties panel is complete.

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1. Select the object for which it is necessary to display the viewing angle. As a result, the object name will be highlighted with a border of green dots.
2. Open the Properties panel for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel) and expand the PTZ settings group.
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3. Set the required field values:
   1. Angle on map — the direction of the display vector on the map. A value of 0 is the actual position of the camera at the time of setting the parameters.
   2. Telemetry deflection from zero — the actual offset of the camera.
   3. Viewing angle — the angle of the view display vector.
   4. Viewing distance — the size of the the view display vector.
   5. Color — the color of the view display vector.
   6. Nontransparency — the transparency of the view display vector.
   7. Invert pan — select True in the drop-down list if it is necessary to invert the camera rotation.

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1. Open the Properties panel (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
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2. In the dropdown list select the fill color of the polygon or ellipsis (1).
3. Set the degree of transparency of the polygon or ellipsis in the normal state (2). The smaller the number, the higher the degree of transparency. 0 corresponds to full transparency, 255 - full opacity.
4. In the dropdown list select the fill color of the polygon or ellipsis in case of alarm (3).
5. Set the degree of transparency of the polygon or ellipsis in the alarm state (4). The smaller the number, the higher the degree of transparency. 0 corresponds to full transparency, 255 - full opacity.
6. If the frame framing the polygon is to be hidden, then set the value to 1 in the Hide frame field (5).

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1. Call the context menu of the object icon by right-clicking and holding the Ctrl key in the polygon area or on the polyline.
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2. Select Add apex.
3. Select the required position of a new apex and left-click.
4. The apex will be added to the polygon or the polyline.
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Apexes of object icon are now added.

To remove the apex, right-click it holding the Ctrl key and select Remove apex.

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Setting order of displaying objects on map

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1. Open the Properties panel of the required object object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
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2. Set the value of the Drawing order parameter. Icons with bigger value of this parameter will be displayed over icons with smaller value.

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1. Open the Properties panel for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
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2. To disable the display of the thumbnails, select the 1 value in the Show states successively dropdown list. To enable their display, select the 0 value in this dropdown list.

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