You can attach the objects to a layer of the interactive map using the Map editor utility.

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

1. Open the New object dialog window of the Map editor utility in one of three possible ways:
   
   1. Execute the main menu command Objects operations -> New object.
   2. Click the  button on the toolbar.
   3. Execute the context menu command New object (to open it, right-click anywhere on the graphic layout).

2. Select the required object in the objects tree of the New 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.

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

   
   

   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).

   
   

   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). 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.

   

3. As a result, the name of the selected object will be automatically displayed in the Name field (7).
4. Enter the object icon size in the W (icon width) and 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.

   If 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 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.

   Type of display item	Object icon display type	Usage
   Image	Object schematic view	Objects of base configuration
   Image and indicator	Object schematic view and indicator of 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 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	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	SCADA objects
   Ellipsis	Object representation as the ellipse with the specified color and transparency	SCADA objects

   
   

   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.

   
   

   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 about the object if necessary.
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) or press Insert on the keyboard to attach the object to the layer of the interactive map.
10. Repeat steps 2-8 for all required objects.
11. Click the Close button (15) to close the New object dialog window.

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