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The Map editor utility is used to configure the display of attached objects on to the map layers.

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Possible operations with the objects attached to the layer.:

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1. Select the required object. As a result, the green-pointed frame appears around the image.
2. Open the Edit object window in one of the three ways:
   
   1. In the main menu, Operations with objects → Edit object.
   2. Click the button on the toolbar.
   3. Select Edit in the context menu of an object.
      
3. The type of the selected object is automatically displayed in the Object type field (1).
4. The ID of the selected object is automatically displayed in theIdentifier field (2).

5. If necessary, you can change the type of the object icon display using the Type of display switch (3).

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

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   When you convert a line to the text, the object is no longer displayed on the map if you don't set the Text info property for it (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).

6. If necessary, change the additional data about an object in the Comment field (4).
7. To save the changes, click the OK button (5).

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To edit the font, color, and background of the object namname, do the following:

1. Select the required object. As a result, the green-pointed frame appears around the image.
2. Open the Properties panel (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
   
3. Set the x and x, y coordinates of the left upper angle of the text frame, as well as the frame height and width (width w and h) and  and the icon's clockwise rotation Angle (1).
4. In the Color field (2), set the font color of the object name.
5. In the Background color field (3), set the background color of the object name.
6. When you click the ...  button in the Font field (4), the Font Windows standard dialog window opens. You can also open it from the main menu: Operations with objects → Set the font.
7. In the window that pensopens, set the font parameters and the object name color.
8. Click the OK button to save the changes.

Editing the font, color, and background of the object name is complete.

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1. Select the required object. As a result, the green-pointed frame appears around the image.
2. Open the Objects size window in the Operations with objects → Objects size main menu.

3. Specify the size of the object icon in pixels : in the width (1) and height (2) in the width and height fields.
   

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   If you enter the 0 value in the width and height fields, the object icon is displayed in the original size.

4. Click the OK button to button to save the changes (3).
   

Editing the object size is complete.

Editing the position of object

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1. Select the object, the position of which you want to edit.
2. Open the Position of object window in one of two ways:
   
   1. In the main menu, Operations with objects → Position of object.
   2. In the context menu, select Position of object context menu.

3. Set the coordinates of the object center: the X (horizontal indent from the left border of the graphic plan) and the Y (horizontal vertical indent from the upper border of the graphic plan) fields.
   

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   The In Meters switch position is relevant if you set the real parameters of the protected object to which the given layer corresponds (see Creating the layers of the interactive map).

4. In the Angle field, enter the angle of the object image turn in degrees. The angle is counted counterclockwise from the horizontal.
5. To save the changes, click the OK button.

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Editing the object position with using the Position of object window is complete.

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To rotate the object icon, do the following:

1. Click it, and the green-pointed frame appears around the image.
2. Point the mouse cursor to one of the corner dots. The circular arrow appears instead of the cursor.
3. Hold down the left mouse button and rotate the icon to the required angle.

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You can also change the coordinates, rotation angle and the icon size of the Line, Image, Image and indicator, Text object types using the Properties panel in the following way:

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

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1. Select the required object. As a result, the green-pointed frame appears around the image.
2. Open the Properties panel for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel) and expand the PTZ settings group.
   
3. Set the required field values:
   1. Angle on map—the direction of the display vector on the map. The 0 value is the actual camera position at the time when you set 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 from the drop-down list if you want to invert the camera rotation.

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Editing the picture properties is complete.

Editing color and transparency (line, polygon, or ellipsis)

To edit the color and transparency of the object icon added to the map as a line, polygon, or ellipsis, do the following:

1. Select the required object. As a result, the green-pointed frame appears around the image.
2. Open the Properties panel of for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
   
3. From the drop-down list (1), select the color of the line, polygon, or ellipsis.
4. Set the degree of transparency of the line, polygon, or ellipsis transparency in the normal state (2). The lower the number, the higher the degree of transparency. 0 corresponds to full transparency, 255—full nontransparency.
5. From the drop-down list (3), select the color of the line, polygon, or ellipsis in case if an alarm event occurs.
6. Set the degree of the line, polygon, or ellipsis transparency in the alarm state (4). The lower the number, the higher the degree of transparency. 0 corresponds to full transparency, 255—full nontransparency.
7. If you want to hide the frame restricting the polygon, set the value to 1 in the Hide frame field (5).

Editing the color and transparency (line, polygon, or ellipsis) is complete.

Editing the line thickness and style

To edit the thickness and style of the object icons icon added to the map in the form of as a line, do the following:

1. Select the required object. As a result, the green-pointed frame will appear appears around the image.
2. You can edit the line thickness in one of two ways:
   1. In the main menu of the Map editor utility window
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3. 1. :
      1. Select the Line →
 Thickness
4. 1. 1. Thickness menu item.
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      2. In the Thickness window that opens, specify the line thickness in pixels.
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      3. Click the OK button.
   2. On the Properties panel:
      1. Select the required object.
      2. Open the Properties panel for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
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      3. In the Thickness field, specify the line thickness in pixels.
5. From the Line style drop-down list that is on the Properties panel, select the line style:
   1. Solid.
   2. Dotted.
   3. Dashed.
   4. Dash-dotted.
   5. Dash-dotted with two dots.

Editing the object line thickness and style is complete.

Adding or removing the apexes

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of a polygon

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and polyline

To add the apexes to of an object icon in the form of as a polygon or polyline, do the following:

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

Adding the apexes to of an object icon in the form of as a polygon or polyline is complete.

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

Setting the order of the objects' display on the map

You can set the order of the object icons display when they at their overlay. To do this, do the following:

1. Open the Properties panel of for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
   
2. Set the value of the Drawing order parameter. The icons with higher the greater value of this parameter will be are displayed over the icons with the lower value.

Setting the order of the object icons icon display is complete.

Configuring the display of the

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object states

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(line, polygon and ellipsis)

By default, if the object is in several states at the same time, the device icon changes according to these states in a short time, and when you select the object is selected on the map next to the selected object, all its states are displayed as the thumbnails next to it (see Graphic objects on the Mapmap).

It is possible to You can disable the display of the states thumbnails. To do this, do thumbnail states in the following way:

1. Open the Properties panel for the required object (see Editing object properties using the Properties panel).
   
2. Select Enter the 1 value from the in the Show states successively drop-down list field. To enable their display, select the 0 value from this drop-down listenter the 0 value in this field.
3. Enter the 1 value in the Do not show ddi states field. To enable the display, enter the 0 value in this field.

Configuring the display of the objects object states is complete.