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The objects are attached to the layers on You can attach the objects to a layer of the interactive map with using the use of Map editor utility.

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

1. Activate Open the New object dialog window of the Map editor utility in one of three possible ways:
   
   1. Execute instruction of the main menu command Objects operations -> New objectmain menu.
   2. Click the  button on the tools paneltoolbar.
   3. Execute instruction of the context menu command New object context menu (is activate with the right mouse click upon any graphical area (to open it, right-click anywhere on the graphic layout).

2. Select the required object in the objects tree of the New object object dialog box (1). The objects tree displays only the objects that can be added to a layer, or objects whose child objects can be added to a layer.

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   If To refresh the objects tree is to be refreshed, click the Refresh tree button (2).

   
   

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   Objects added to some layer of a map will be in bold in the objects tree when clicking the Set (3) button. When selecting the object in the tree of Position dropdown list, all maps and layers on which the selected object will be added will be displayed Click the Set button (3) to put in bold the objects in the object tree which were already added to any layer of any map. If you put the object in bold in the object tree, the layers and the maps to which this object is added, will be displayed in the Position drop-down list (4).

   
   

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   To search the object by the name or a part of the name specify the info , enter it in the Search field (5) and click the Find button (6). If you leave the search field blank and click the Find button, then the top object in the object tree will be selected. You can use the Find button to move through the object tree, including the child objects.

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3. As a result, the name of the selected object is will be automatically displayed in the the Name field (57).
4. Set the dimensions of object’s symbol: fields Width (symbol’s Enter the object icon size in the W (icon width) and Height H (icon 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.symbol’s height) – See 4. Symbol’s dimensions are expressed in pixels.

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   When If 0 value "o" is set specified in the X and Y fields Width and Height, object’s symbol is displayed in its original size., the object icons are displayed on top of one another.

   
   

6. In the Set the required checkboxes checked in the Type of display group (7)10), set the checkboxes next to the required types of display. 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.

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   Type of display

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   Type of object’s symbol display

   item	Object icon display type	Usage
   Image

   Object’s

   Object schematic view

   Objects of

   main

   base configuration

   Image and indicator

   Object’s

   Object schematic

   view 

   view and indicator of

   object’s

   object state	SCADA objects
   Text	Object name and text defined by the script (see the Examples of scripts in the JScript language section of the

   Programming Guide (JScript)).

   The Script object. Programming using the JScript language). The icons with the Text type of display can be used to place a comment on the map (descriptions, notes, 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’

   Object images in the form of a straight line or a polyline	SCADA objects
   Polygon	Object representation as the polygon with the specified color and transparency with arbitrary number of apexes

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   	SCADA objects
   Ellipsis	Object representation as the ellipse with the specified color and transparency

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   SCADA objects

   
   

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

   
   

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   The The object symbol icon is automatically displayed in the Preview field (11) in accordance with the selected type of display (8)..

   
   

7. In the Comment field (12) enter the Set additional information about the object if necessary in the field  Comment (9)..
8. From the Text position drop-down list (13), select the object name display position relative to the icon: none (i.e. only icon without the name is displayed), above, to the right, below, to the left.
9. Click the Paste button (14) Click Paste button or press Insert on the keyboard to attach the object to the layer of the interactive map (10).
10. Repeat steps2steps 2-7  8 for all the required objects.
11. Click the Close button (15) to close the New object dialog window (11)..

Attaching the objects to the layers of the interactive map is completeAttachment of objects to the layers of interactive map is over.