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WV-201 WorldView for Windows Editors Guide

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Revisions

Date Description

October 1, 2001 Library selector, pmacro properties, and views and layers dialogs now resizable.Improved dialog for setting declutter levels. Added point browser, pop-up andbackground photos, and report and external data pushbuttons. Added menus for

task activation pushbuttons and for analog points. Symbols and pmacros nowaccessible from library selector for editing. Added new map, new alarm view andnew oprsum view functions to File menu. Sort folder function added to layersdialog. Save DXF defaults added to DXF import dialog. Clarification of nullentries in symbol table editor. Added button to delete segment. Added display ofgrid. Changed color of selection handles for groups to magenta.

December 9, 2002 Double-clicking an object in the map editor performs Modify. Enhanced pmacrorotation options. Added dialog code 1 for view-only points. New Analog Historypmacro. Added Change Station feature. Added View Name to all statuspmacros. Improved handling of DXF import option files and import errors. Addedtext-to-symbol replacement for DXF import from Microstation.

April 5, 2003 Updated to add description of how to add Publish and Update functions.

September 18, 2007 Added Undo/Redo. Added library Delete. Added alignment editing tool. Addednudge functions. Added control panels in the Library Selector window. Addedanalog gauge pmacro. Added pushbutton, station and status bitmap pmacros.Added time value pmacro. Added analog history. Added dialog code -2. AddedDisallow Manual Set pmacro resource. Added Erase Before Draw pmacroresource. Added Tooltip Text pmacro resource. Added View and Report menus.Added missing resource check. Added Reservations. Added DWG import.

October 23, 2009 Screen shots updated. Added templates and template pmacro. Added thefollowing pmacro resources: Arrow Head Size, Data Item, some new dialogcodes (10, 11, 12 and 13) for status points, Draw from base (for analog bars),

Thousands Separator (for analog values), Warn on Execute (for control points).Added Resource Sharing (Export / Import objects).


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Contents

1 Introduction 1-1

1.1 Other Documentation .................................................................................................................. 1-2

2 Overview 2-1

2.1 Libraries ....................................................................................................................................... 2-12.2 Edit Tools .................................................................................................................................... 2-22.2.1 File Menu ............................................................................................................................. 2-32.2.2 Edit Menu ............................................................................................................................. 2-42.2.3 View Menu ........................................................................................................................... 2-42.2.4 Map Menu ............................................................................................................................ 2-52.2.5 Tool Bar ............................................................................................................................... 2-52.2.6 Navigation Bar ..................................................................................................................... 2-52.2.7 Edit Bar ................................................................................................................................ 2-62.3 Library Selector ........................................................................................................................... 2-7

3 Getting Started 3-1

3.1 Library Selector ........................................................................................................................... 3-23.2 Creating Drawing Styles.............................................................................................................. 3-43.3 Creating Text Styles .................................................................................................................... 3-63.4 Creating Symbols ........................................................................................................................ 3-73.4.1 Breaker Symbol .................................................................................................................... 3-83.4.2 Pushbutton Symbol ............................................................................................................ 3-103.4.3 Substation Symbol ............................................................................................................. 3-113.4.4 Load Symbol ...................................................................................................................... 3-123.4.5 Switch Symbol ................................................................................................................... 3-133.4.6 Transformer Symbol .......................................................................................................... 3-14


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3.4.7 Fuse Symbol ....................................................................................................................... 3-163.5 Drawing Style Tables ................................................................................................................ 3-203.6 Creating Pmacros ....................................................................................................................... 3-223.6.1 Pushbutton Pmacro ............................................................................................................. 3-233.6.2 Analog Point Pmacro ..........................................................................................................3-263.6.3 Substation Pmacro .............................................................................................................. 3-283.6.4 Breaker Pmacro .................................................................................................................. 3-293.6.5 Switch Pmacro .................................................................................................................... 3-313.6.6 Fuse Pmacro ....................................................................................................................... 3-313.7 The Map ..................................................................................................................................... 3-323.7.1 Substation Layer ................................................................................................................. 3-323.7.2 Feeder Layer ....................................................................................................................... 3-443.7.3 Main Layer ......................................................................................................................... 3-51

4 Drawing Styles 4-1

4.1 Drawing Style Editor ................................................................................................................... 4-14.1.1 Name .................................................................................................................................... 4-34.1.2 Color Add ............................................................................................................................. 4-34.1.3 Color Modify ........................................................................................................................ 4-54.1.4 Color Insert ........................................................................................................................... 4-54.1.5 Color Delete ......................................................................................................................... 4-54.1.6 Line Width ............................................................................................................................ 4-54.1.7 Line Style ............................................................................................................................. 4-64.1.8 Cyclic Colors ........................................................................................................................ 4-64.1.9 Pixmap .................................................................................................................................. 4-64.1.10 Apply .................................................................................................................................... 4-64.1.11 Undo ..................................................................................................................................... 4-64.1.12 Save ...................................................................................................................................... 4-74.1.13 Cancel ................................................................................................................................... 4-74.2 Drawing Style Table Editor ......................................................................................................... 4-74.2.1 Name .................................................................................................................................... 4-84.2.2 Drawing Style Selection List ................................................................................................ 4-94.2.3 Drawing Style Table Element List ....................................................................................... 4-94.2.4 Apply .................................................................................................................................... 4-94.2.5 Undo ..................................................................................................................................... 4-94.2.6 Save ...................................................................................................................................... 4-94.2.7 Cancel ................................................................................................................................... 4-94.3 Using Drawing Style Tables ...................................................................................................... 4-104.3.1 Analog Point ....................................................................................................................... 4-104.3.2 Status Point ......................................................................................................................... 4-114.3.3 Station ................................................................................................................................. 4-114.3.4 Unacknowledged Alarms ................................................................................................... 4-124.3.5 Flags ................................................................................................................................... 4-134.3.6 Owner Tags ........................................................................................................................ 4-144.3.7 Pushbutton .......................................................................................................................... 4-154.3.8 Segment .............................................................................................................................. 4-154.3.9 Line Section ........................................................................................................................ 4-16


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4.3.10 Customizing Drawing Style Tables .................................................................................... 4-16

5 Text Styles 5-1

5.1 Name ........................................................................................................................................... 5-35.2 Select Font ................................................................................................................................... 5-35.3 Orientation ................................................................................................................................... 5-35.4 Horizontal Justification ............................................................................................................... 5-45.5 Vertical Justification .................................................................................................................... 5-45.6 Apply ........................................................................................................................................... 5-45.7 Undo ............................................................................................................................................ 5-45.8 Save ............................................................................................................................................. 5-55.9 Cancel .......................................................................................................................................... 5-5

6 Symbols 6-1

6.1 Creating a New Symbol............................................................................................................... 6-26.2 Opening an Existing Symbol ....................................................................................................... 6-36.3 Editing a Symbol ......................................................................................................................... 6-46.3.1 Symbol Origin ...................................................................................................................... 6-56.4 Symbol Table .............................................................................................................................. 6-66.4.1 Name .................................................................................................................................... 6-76.4.2 Symbol Selection List .......................................................................................................... 6-76.4.3 Symbol Table Element List .................................................................................................. 6-86.4.4 Apply .................................................................................................................................... 6-86.4.5 Undo ..................................................................................................................................... 6-8

6.4.6 Save ...................................................................................................................................... 6-86.4.7 Cancel ................................................................................................................................... 6-86.5 Using Symbol Tables .................................................................................................................. 6-86.5.1 Flags ..................................................................................................................................... 6-96.5.2 Owner Tags ........................................................................................................................ 6-116.5.3 Customizing Symbol Tables .............................................................................................. 6-12

7 Pmacros 7-1

7.1 Editing a Pmacro ......................................................................................................................... 7-37.1.1 Editing Resources ................................................................................................................. 7-7

7.1.2 Deleting a Pmacro .............................................................................................................. 7-107.2 Pmacro Classes .......................................................................................................................... 7-107.2.1 Analog Value Pmacro ........................................................................................................ 7-117.2.2 Analog Bar Pmacro ............................................................................................................ 7-127.2.3 Analog Gauge Pmacro ....................................................................................................... 7-137.2.4 Analog History Pmacro ...................................................................................................... 7-147.2.5 Mobile Icon Pmacro ........................................................................................................... 7-157.2.6 Mobile Icon Bitmap Pmacro .............................................................................................. 7-167.2.7 Pseudo Color Pmacro (VMS SCADA Only) ..................................................................... 7-16


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7.2.8 Pseudo Symbol Pmacro (VMS SCADA Only) .................................................................. 7-177.2.9 Pseudo Text Pmacro (VMS SCADA Only) ....................................................................... 7-187.2.10 Pushbutton Symbol Pmacro ............................................................................................... 7-197.2.11 Station Color Pmacro ......................................................................................................... 7-207.2.12 Station Symbol Pmacro ...................................................................................................... 7-217.2.13 Status Color Pmacro ........................................................................................................... 7-227.2.14 Status Symbol Pmacro ........................................................................................................ 7-237.2.15 Status Text Pmacro ............................................................................................................. 7-247.2.16 Text Value Pmacro ............................................................................................................. 7-257.2.17 Pushbutton Bitmap Pmacro ................................................................................................ 7-267.2.18 Station Bitmap Pmacro ....................................................................................................... 7-277.2.19 Status Bitmap Pmacro ........................................................................................................ 7-287.2.20 Time Value Pmacro ............................................................................................................ 7-297.2.21 Templates ........................................................................................................................... 7-307.3 Pmacro Resources ...................................................................................................................... 7-327.3.1 Alarm Blocked Flag Drawing Style Table ......................................................................... 7-327.3.2 Alarm Blocked Flag Enable ............................................................................................... 7-327.3.3 Alarm Blocked Flag Offset X ............................................................................................. 7-337.3.4 Alarm Blocked Flag Offset Y ............................................................................................. 7-337.3.5 Analog Scale Factor ........................................................................................................... 7-337.3.6 Angle Length ...................................................................................................................... 7-337.3.7 Angle Start .......................................................................................................................... 7-337.3.8 Arrow Head Size ................................................................................................................ 7-337.3.9 Bar Length .......................................................................................................................... 7-347.3.10 Bar Width ........................................................................................................................... 7-347.3.11 Bitmap 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ............................................................................................................. 7-347.3.12 Bitmap Height .................................................................................................................... 7-347.3.13 Bitmap Width ..................................................................................................................... 7-347.3.14 Button Argument 1 Data .................................................................................................... 7-357.3.15 Button Argument 1 Type .................................................................................................... 7-357.3.16 Button Argument 2 Data .................................................................................................... 7-357.3.17 Button Argument 2 Type .................................................................................................... 7-357.3.18 Button Data ......................................................................................................................... 7-367.3.19 Button Label ....................................................................................................................... 7-367.3.20 Button Label Drawing Style Table ..................................................................................... 7-377.3.21 Button Label Text Style ...................................................................................................... 7-377.3.22 Button Label X Offset ........................................................................................................ 7-377.3.23 Button Label Y Offset ........................................................................................................ 7-377.3.24 Button Type ........................................................................................................................ 7-377.3.25 Color Status Point Name .................................................................................................... 7-387.3.26 Condition Flag Drawing Style Table .................................................................................. 7-387.3.27 Condition Flag Enable ........................................................................................................7-397.3.28 Condition Flag Offset X ..................................................................................................... 7-397.3.29 Condition Flag Offset Y ..................................................................................................... 7-397.3.30 Control Fail Timeout .......................................................................................................... 7-397.3.31 Control Panel Filename ...................................................................................................... 7-407.3.32 Control Panel Point Prefix .................................................................................................. 7-407.3.33 Control Panel String 1, 2, 3 ................................................................................................ 7-407.3.34 Control Panel X Position .................................................................................................... 7-40


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7.3.35 Control Panel Y Position .................................................................................................... 7-407.3.36 Control Success Timeout ................................................................................................... 7-417.3.37 Data Item ............................................................................................................................ 7-417.3.38 Dial Colour ......................................................................................................................... 7-427.3.39 Dial Direction ..................................................................................................................... 7-427.3.40 Dialog Code ....................................................................................................................... 7-427.3.41 Disallow Manual Set .......................................................................................................... 7-497.3.42 Drawing Style ..................................................................................................................... 7-497.3.43 Draw from base .................................................................................................................. 7-497.3.44 Erase Before Draw ............................................................................................................. 7-507.3.45 Filename ............................................................................................................................. 7-507.3.46 Flag Scale Factor X ............................................................................................................ 7-517.3.47 Flag Scale Factor Y ............................................................................................................ 7-517.3.48 Gauge Subtype ................................................................................................................... 7-517.3.49 Gauge Type ........................................................................................................................ 7-517.3.50 Horizontal Justification ...................................................................................................... 7-517.3.51 Image Scale Factor, X Axis ................................................................................................ 7-527.3.52 Image Scale Factor, Y Axis ................................................................................................ 7-527.3.53 Label Color ......................................................................................................................... 7-527.3.54 Label Position X ................................................................................................................. 7-527.3.55 Label Position Y ................................................................................................................. 7-527.3.56 Label Text .......................................................................................................................... 7-537.3.57 Label Text Style ................................................................................................................. 7-537.3.58 Limit Color ......................................................................................................................... 7-537.3.59 Limit Max Value ................................................................................................................ 7-537.3.60 Limit Min Value ................................................................................................................. 7-537.3.61 Limit Center Color ............................................................................................................. 7-537.3.62 Limit Max Visible % .......................................................................................................... 7-547.3.63 Limit Min Visible % .......................................................................................................... 7-547.3.64 Limits Number ................................................................................................................... 7-547.3.65 Lower Limit ....................................................................................................................... 7-547.3.66 Magnification ..................................................................................................................... 7-547.3.67 Magnification Point Name ................................................................................................. 7-547.3.68 Major / Minor Divisions ..................................................................................................... 7-557.3.69 Major / Minor Divisions Color........................................................................................... 7-557.3.70 Major Divisions Precision .................................................................................................. 7-557.3.71 Major Divisions Text Color ............................................................................................... 7-557.3.72 Major Divisions Text Style ................................................................................................ 7-557.3.73 Minimum Size (Pixels)....................................................................................................... 7-557.3.74 NAK Bitmap 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ................................................................................................... 7-567.3.75 NAK Drawing Style Table ................................................................................................. 7-567.3.76 NAK Symbol 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ................................................................................................... 7-567.3.77 Needle Color ...................................................................................................................... 7-567.3.78 Needle Type ....................................................................................................................... 7-577.3.79 Needle Visible Percentage ................................................................................................. 7-577.3.80 Normal Drawing Style Table ............................................................................................. 7-577.3.81 Orientation .......................................................................................................................... 7-577.3.82 Owner Tag Flag Drawing Style Table ............................................................................... 7-587.3.83 Owner Tag Flag Enable ..................................................................................................... 7-58


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7.3.84 Owner Tag Flag Offset X ................................................................................................... 7-587.3.85 Owner Tag Flag Offset Y ................................................................................................... 7-587.3.86 Owner Tag Flag Symbols ................................................................................................... 7-587.3.87 Point Name ......................................................................................................................... 7-587.3.88 Point Title 1, 2, 3 ................................................................................................................ 7-597.3.89 Precision ............................................................................................................................. 7-597.3.90 Radius ................................................................................................................................. 7-597.3.91 Rotation (degrees) .............................................................................................................. 7-597.3.92 Scale Factor On X Axis ...................................................................................................... 7-607.3.93 Scale Factor On Y Axis ...................................................................................................... 7-607.3.94 Select Box Drawing Style .................................................................................................. 7-607.3.95 Sign Flag Enable................................................................................................................. 7-607.3.96 Station Name ...................................................................................................................... 7-607.3.97 Station Name 2, 3, 4 ........................................................................................................... 7-607.3.98 String 0, 1, 2, 3 ................................................................................................................... 7-617.3.99 Symbol ................................................................................................................................ 7-617.3.100 Symbol 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ............................................................................................................. 7-617.3.101 Symbol Status Point Name ................................................................................................. 7-617.3.102 Tag Flag Drawing Style Table............................................................................................ 7-627.3.103 Tag Flag Enable .................................................................................................................. 7-627.3.104 Tag Flag Offset X ............................................................................................................... 7-627.3.105 Tag Flag Offset Y ............................................................................................................... 7-627.3.106 Thousands Separator .......................................................................................................... 7-637.3.107 Text Style ........................................................................................................................... 7-637.3.108 Time Format ....................................................................................................................... 7-637.3.109 Tool Tip Text ...................................................................................................................... 7-637.3.110 Upper Limit ........................................................................................................................ 7-647.3.111 View Name ......................................................................................................................... 7-647.3.112 X Analog Point Name ........................................................................................................ 7-657.3.113 Y Analog Point Name ........................................................................................................ 7-657.3.114 Current Value Enable ......................................................................................................... 7-657.3.115 Enable Time ....................................................................................................................... 7-657.3.116 Enable Current 15M Max (or Min) .................................................................................... 7-657.3.117 Enable Current Hour (Day or Week) Max (or Min) ........................................................... 7-657.3.118 Enable Previous 15M (Hour, Day or Week) Max (or Min) ............................................... 7-657.3.119 Format String ...................................................................................................................... 7-667.3.120 Warn on Execute ................................................................................................................ 7-667.4 Pushbuttons ................................................................................................................................ 7-677.4.1 View Pushbutton ................................................................................................................ 7-677.4.2 Graph Pushbutton ............................................................................................................... 7-687.4.3 Task Pushbutton ................................................................................................................. 7-697.4.4 Note Pushbutton ................................................................................................................. 7-717.4.5 Image Pushbutton ............................................................................................................... 7-727.4.6 External Data Pushbutton ................................................................................................... 7-757.4.7 Report Pushbutton .............................................................................................................. 7-777.5 Menu Files ................................................................................................................................. 7-797.5.1 Task Menu .......................................................................................................................... 7-797.5.2 Analog Point Menu ............................................................................................................. 7-817.5.3 View Menu ......................................................................................................................... 7-82


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7.5.4 Report Menu ....................................................................................................................... 7-847.6 Creating DSNs and UDL Files .................................................................................................. 7-857.6.1 Creating a DSN (Data Source Name) ................................................................................ 7-857.6.2 Creating a UDL File ........................................................................................................... 7-877.7 Missing Resource Check ........................................................................................................... 7-907.8 Sharing Resources With Other Users ........................................................................................ 7-917.8.1 Export Object ..................................................................................................................... 7-917.8.2 Import objects ..................................................................................................................... 7-92

8 Map Editing 8-1

8.1 File Menu .................................................................................................................................... 8-18.1.1 New Map .............................................................................................................................. 8-28.1.2 Open ..................................................................................................................................... 8-38.1.3 Import ................................................................................................................................... 8-4

8.1.4 Export ................................................................................................................................... 8-48.1.5 Portable Map Export ............................................................................................................ 8-48.1.6 Save ...................................................................................................................................... 8-48.1.7 Save As................................................................................................................................. 8-48.1.8 Reservations ......................................................................................................................... 8-58.1.9 Publish LSs ......................................................................................................................... 8-58.2 Edit Menu .................................................................................................................................... 8-58.2.1 Undo / Redo ......................................................................................................................... 8-68.2.2 Cut ........................................................................................................................................ 8-68.2.3 Copy ..................................................................................................................................... 8-68.2.4 Paste ..................................................................................................................................... 8-78.2.5 Clear ..................................................................................................................................... 8-78.2.6 Find ...................................................................................................................................... 8-88.2.7 Modify .................................................................................................................................. 8-88.2.8 Group.................................................................................................................................... 8-88.2.9 Ungroup................................................................................................................................ 8-98.2.10 Alignment ........................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.1 Left ......................................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.2 Right ...................................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.3 Top ......................................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.4 Bottom ................................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.5 Center Vertical ....................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.6 Center Horizontal ................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.7 Spaced Vertical ...................................................................................................................... 8-108.2.10.8 Spaced Horizontal .................................................................................................................. 8-118.2.10.9 Distribute as Matrix ............................................................................................................... 8-118.2.10.10 Same Height ....................................................................................................................... 8-128.2.10.11 Same Width ........................................................................................................................ 8-128.2.10.12 Same Size ........................................................................................................................... 8-128.2.11 Change Station ................................................................................................................... 8-128.2.12 Front ................................................................................................................................... 8-128.2.13 Back ................................................................................................................................... 8-138.2.14 Recolor ............................................................................................................................... 8-13


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8.2.15 Restyle ................................................................................................................................ 8-138.2.16 Relayer ................................................................................................................................ 8-138.2.17 Nudge Functions ................................................................................................................. 8-138.2.18 Select Member .................................................................................................................... 8-138.3 View Menu ................................................................................................................................ 8-148.3.1 Edit Bar ............................................................................................................................... 8-148.3.2 Edit Tools ........................................................................................................................... 8-148.3.3 Alignment Bar .................................................................................................................... 8-148.3.4 Background Images ............................................................................................................ 8-158.3.5 Tree Lists ............................................................................................................................ 8-158.3.6 Library Selector .................................................................................................................. 8-168.4 Map Menu .................................................................................................................................. 8-178.4.1 Set Extent ........................................................................................................................... 8-178.4.2 Set Grid ............................................................................................................................... 8-178.4.3 Optimize Map ..................................................................................................................... 8-188.4.4 Layer Statistics ................................................................................................................... 8-198.4.5 Grid Enabled ....................................................................................................................... 8-208.5 Tool Bar ..................................................................................................................................... 8-208.6 Navigation Bar ........................................................................................................................... 8-218.6.1 Layers ................................................................................................................................. 8-218.6.2 Views and Layers Lists ...................................................................................................... 8-228.6.3 Edit Mode ........................................................................................................................... 8-228.7 Edit Bar ...................................................................................................................................... 8-228.7.1 Select .................................................................................................................................. 8-228.7.2 Library Selector .................................................................................................................. 8-248.7.3 Toggle Grid ........................................................................................................................ 8-248.7.4 Toggle Alignment Toolbar ................................................................................................. 8-248.7.5 Line ..................................................................................................................................... 8-248.7.6 Modifying Line Properties ................................................................................................. 8-258.7.7 Rectangle ............................................................................................................................ 8-268.7.8 Filled Rectangle .................................................................................................................. 8-268.7.9 Modifying Rectangle Properties ......................................................................................... 8-268.7.10 Ellipse ................................................................................................................................. 8-268.7.11 Filled Ellipse ....................................................................................................................... 8-278.7.12 Arc ...................................................................................................................................... 8-278.7.13 Filled Arc ............................................................................................................................ 8-278.7.14 Modifying Arc Properties ................................................................................................... 8-278.7.15 Closed Polygon ................................................................................................................... 8-298.7.16 Filled Polygon .................................................................................................................... 8-298.7.17 Open Polygon ..................................................................................................................... 8-298.7.18 Modifying Polygon Properties ........................................................................................... 8-308.7.19 Text String .......................................................................................................................... 8-308.7.20 Modifying String Properties ............................................................................................... 8-318.7.21 Symbol ................................................................................................................................ 8-318.7.22 Modifying Symbol Properties ............................................................................................ 8-318.7.23 Pmacro ................................................................................................................................ 8-328.7.24 Pmacro Properties Dialog ................................................................................................... 8-328.7.25 Attaching a Point Name to 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8.8.1 Creating a Group ................................................................................................................ 8-368.8.2 Segment .............................................................................................................................. 8-378.8.3 Select Member ................................................................................................................... 8-398.9 Views ......................................................................................................................................... 8-408.9.1 Creating a View .................................................................................................................. 8-408.9.2 Modifying a View .............................................................................................................. 8-428.9.3 Background Images ............................................................................................................ 8-438.9.4 Deleting a View .................................................................................................................. 8-458.9.5 Adding a Views Folder ...................................................................................................... 8-468.9.6 Deleting a Folder ................................................................................................................ 8-478.9.7 Organizing Views ............................................................................................................... 8-478.9.8 Set As Default View ........................................................................................................... 8-498.10 Layers ........................................................................................................................................ 8-498.10.1 Creating a Layer ................................................................................................................. 8-508.10.2 Setting Automatic Declutter Levels ................................................................................... 8-518.10.3 Deleting a Layer ................................................................................................................. 8-538.10.4 Layer Drawing Order ......................................................................................................... 8-538.10.5 Organizing Layers .............................................................................................................. 8-53

9 World Map Import 9-1

9.1 DXF File Import .......................................................................................................................... 9-29.1.1 Saved DXF Import Parameters ............................................................................................ 9-59.1.2 Text-to-Symbol Replacement in Microstation ..................................................................... 9-79.1.3 DWG / DXF File import ...................................................................................................... 9-89.2 Import From WorldView for VMS ............................................................................................. 9-99.3 Portable Map Export ................................................................................................................. 9-11

10 Change Control 10-1

10.1 Change Control With Reservations ........................................................................................... 10-110.1.1 Setup ................................................................................................................................... 10-110.1.2 Reserving the WorldView Database .................................................................................. 10-210.1.3 Publishing Your Edits ........................................................................................................ 10-310.1.4 Update ................................................................................................................................ 10-410.2 Change Control Without Reservations ...................................................................................... 10-610.2.1 Control of Editing .............................................................................................................. 10-610.2.2 Publish and Update ............................................................................................................ 10-7


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1 Introduction

This document describes the editing facilities that are contained in Worldview for Windows.

WorldView for Windows is a world map user interface for the SCADA system. WorldView runs on Windows200x/XP/Vista, and operates as a client to the SCADA host computer. The WorldView program uses its ownlocal copy of the map (stored on the PCs hard drive), on which it overlays dynamic analog and status data thatis retrieved from currently active the host computer. Operator actions, such as control and alarmacknowledgement, are forwarded to the host computer for execution.

Chapter2, Overview, introduces you to the editing facilities.

Chapter 3, Getting Started, gets you started right away and takes you through the steps of creating, fromscratch, a simple station diagram.

Chapter4, Drawing Styles, describes how to create and modify drawing styles and drawing style tables.

Chapter5, Text Styles, describes how to create and modify text styles.

Chapter6, Symbols, describes how to create and modify symbols and symbol tables.

Chapter7, Pmacros, describes how to create and modify pmacros.

Chapter8, Map Editing, describes how to edit maps, add symbols, pmacros and text to the map, and how tocreate views and poke points to take you to those views.

Chapter9, World Map Import, describes how to import a map from either a DXF file or a VMS host.

Chapter10, Change Control, describes how to get your new maps and libraries to your colleagues PCs.


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1.1 Other Documentation

This document is designed for the people who maintain your WorldView database. It does not describe in detailhow to manage map windows within WorldView nor how to navigate through a map (e.g. pan and zoom, and

request views). These are described in the companion document:

WorldView for Windows Operators Guide, document number WV-200

which should be regarded as pre-requisite reading for this editors guide.

For further background reading, you will also find the following SCADA documents useful (particularly the onesrelated to the point database):

Table 1-1 Useful Documents

VMS SCADADocument Number

Windows SCADADocument Number Title

DB-900 DB-401 Point Database Editing GuideDB-901 DB-402 Alarm Database Editing Guide

DB-902 DB-403 Calculation Database Editing Guide

DB-903 DB-404 Historical Database Editing Guide

DB-904 DB-405 Report Database Editing Guide


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Overview

2 Overview

This document describes how to create a WorldView map and the libraries of components that go into the map.

A world map file consists of graphic objects stored in layers. In WorldView, each layer can be assigned upperand lower magnification levels outside of which the entire layer declutters (i.e. disappears from view). Thispowerful feature allows you to create extremely complex maps that can be easily navigated.

2.1 Libraries

The graphics objects contained in a WorldView map consist of:

drawing primitives text strings symbols pmacros

Examples of drawing primitives are Lines, Rectangles, Filled Rectangles, Ellipses, Filled Ellipses, Arcs, FilledArcs, Closed Polygons, Filled Polygons and Open Polygons. The colors and lines style of the drawing primitivesin a WorldView map are defined by drawing styles. The WorldView editor allows you to create a library of asmany drawing styles as you want.

The appearance of text strings in a map is governed by both drawing styles and text styles. A text style definesa font and font size, as well as orientation and alignment. You can create a library of as many text styles as youwant.

A symbol is a group of drawing primitives and text strings. Each symbol can be used any number of times in themap to represent static objects such as distribution transformers and poles, and you can create a library of asmany symbols as you want.


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A pmacro is a complex object that represents a SCADA database point and/or acts as a poke point. Pmacrosassociated with database points use symbols and text strings to display the current values of the points. Whenyou click on a point-related pmacro, it displays a dialog box that allows you to interact with the associated point(e.g. to perform a control operation or acknowledge an alarm). Other types of pmacro serve as poke points thatallow you to bring up trend graphs, images and reports, or to jump to other views in the map. The WorldView

editor allows you to create a library of as many pmacros as you want.

Note that you dont create a separate pmacro for each point. For each point that you want in the map, you placean instance of the desired pmacro onto the map and then attach it by name to the database point. So you canhave a thousand points in your map represented by a thousand instances of just a handful of different pmacros.

Each library element can be used as often as desired. The same drawing style can be used with graphicsprimitives, text strings, symbols and pmacros (pmacros use tables of drawing styles to color-code things). If youchange that drawing style, you will change the appearance of all objects that use that drawing style. This givesyou tremendous power to make a global change by means of one little edit. On the other hand, it can causegreat pain if you decide you want to change the color of a few thousand lines but they use the same drawingstyle as a few other thousand lines that you dont wish to change.

So what do you do? Plan ahead. Take feeders, for example. Even if you just want them all to be yellow today,consider using different drawing styles for overhead vs. underground and for different voltage levels. If you wantthem all yellow, thats fine. Make them all yellow. But the fact that they are separate drawing styles means that,in the future, you will be able to change the colors of all your 4 KV overheads without disturbing anything else, inseconds.

The same thing goes for layers. Lots of layers are good. Having many layers gives you lots of control in thedecluttering of the map, both automatic and manual. This is particularly important for very large maps, wheregood decluttering is essential to good performance.

2.2 Edit Tools

The WorldView editor is built into the WorldView program itself. To go into edit mode, click on the Edit button inthe tool bar.

Access to edit mode is denied to you unless you are logged into a privileged SCADA account. If you are notlogged into a privileged account, the Edit button is insensitive. The login procedure is described in theWorldView for Windows Operators Guide.

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In edit mode, navigation through the map is the same as in view mode with one exception: poke pointsassociated with views dont work. When you click on a view poke point, the editor doesnt take you to that view.The editor instead highlights the poke point and expects you to do something to it (i.e. edit it).

Many of the edit tools are contained in the pull-down menus and tool bars that are described in WorldView for

Windows Operators Guide. Well just very quickly review all of the relevant pull-down menus and tool bars here.

2.2.1 File Menu

New Map Create new map

New Alarm View Create new alarm view

New Opresum Create new operator Summaryview

New Workspace Create a new workspace

Open Open existing map, symbol,pmacro

Import Open the Import popup window

Export Open the Export popup window

Close Close map, symbol or pmacro

Save Save map, symbol or pmarco

Save As Open Save As dialog

Reservations Open the Reservations popupwindow

Publish LSs Publish line sections

Projector RemoteControl

Opens Projector Control window

Login Login

Logout Logout

Set password Set a password Login Workstation Login Workstation

LogoutWorkstation

Logout Workstation

Print Request print screen

Print Preview Print preview

Print Setup Print setup

Page Setup Page Setup

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2.2.2 Edit Menu

Undo Undo

Redo Redo Cut Cut object and copy to clipboard Copy Copy object to clipboard Paste Paste items from clipboard Clear Delete selected object(s) Paste Link Find Find point note, line section or text in map Modify Open Properties dialog for selected object Group Group objects together Ungroup Ungroup objects Alignment Open Alignment popup menu Change

StationChange points to another station

Front Bring object to front Back Move object to back Recolor Change color of selected object Restyle Change text of selected object Relayer Change layer of selected object Background

ColorChange background color

Nudge up Nudge Down Nudge Down Nudge left Nudge right Links

2.2.3 View Menu

Status Bar Display/hide status bar

Tool Bar Display/hide tool bar

Edit Bar Toggle edit mode and edit bar

Navigate Bar Display/hide navigation bar

Edit tools Display/hide Edit toolbar

Alignment Bar Display/hide alignment bar

Background Images Display/hide background images

Tree Lists Open Tree Lists window Library Selections Open Library Selectior window

Options Open Options window

Save Configuration Save current screen layout

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2.2.4 Map Menu

Set Extent OpenSet Extent window

Set Grid Open Set Grid window Optimize Map Open Optimize Threshold window

Layer Statistics Get layer statistics

Grid Enabled Ctrl+G Toggle Grid

2.2.5 Tool Bar

New Window Open a window with same contents as active window

Open Open a file

Save Save symbol, pmacro or map

Cut Cut object(s) from the map and copy to the clipboard

Copy Copy object(s) to the clipboard

Paste Copy items from the clipboard onto the map or symbol

Print Print

2.2.6 Navigat ion Bar

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2.2.7 Edit Bar

The Edit bar appears whenever you are in Edit mode. The Edit bar is described in detail insection 8.7, Edit Bar.

Select an object for modification/deletionOpen the Library Selector pop-up windowToggle GridOpen Alignment ToolbarDraw a Line with the selected drawing styleDraw a Rectangle with line/color of selected drawing styleDraw a Filled Rectangle with color of selected drawing styleDraw an Ellipse with line /color of selected drawing styleDraw a Filled Ellipse with color of selected drawing styleDraw a Arc with line/color of selected drawing styleDraw a Filled Arc with color of selected drawing styleDraw a Closed Polygon with line/color of selected drawing style

Draw a Filled Polygon with color of selected drawing styleDraw an Open Polygon with line/color of selected drawing styleWrite Text String with font of selected text style and color of selected drawing stylePlace on map a symbol selected from the symbol libraryPlace on map a pmacro selected from the pmacro library

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2.3 Library Selector

The libraries of drawing styles and symbols, etc are available through the Library Selector window. Thisis a multi-paned window that can be invoked by clicking on the Library Selector button in the edit bar.

The Library Selector window, shown in Figure 2-1, has eight tabs corresponding to eight libraries. When youclick on a tab, the pane containing the corresponding library is brought to the front.

Figure 2-1 Library Selector

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3 Getting Started

This chapter gets you started right away by teaching you, step by step, how to create a simple world map fromthe bottom up. The world map that will be created consists of a basic substation with two feeders. A picture ofthe completed map is shown in (Figure 3-1).

Figure 3-1 Simple Substation Example

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In this chapter, were going to use a white background because in printed versions of this document, the screencaptures look much better with white backgrounds. If you prefer a black background, thats fine (in a WorldViewprint screen, the background is not printed, so you need not worry about having print screens full of ink).

In order to edit, you will need to log into a privileged SCADA account. The login procedure is described in theWorldView for Windows Operators Guide.

3.1 Library Selector

In this chapter, were going to create not only a map but also some of the drawing styles, text styles andsymbols that go into the map. The libraries of drawing objects are accessible via the Library Selector window.Survalent Technology supplies extensive libraries of such drawing objects, in fact all that you need to create agood map. At some point, though, you will want to customize these objects and create new ones of your own sothat your map reflects your companys drawing standards. Before we actually do some map editing, therefore,were going to create some of the drawing objects needed to build the map ofFigure 3-1 and add them to ourlibraries. This will be the subject of the next few sections. Another reason for creating brand new drawingobjects is that if we modify existing ones, well change the appearance of any existing maps that use them. Wedont want to do that on our first go around.

To begin, lets create a new empty map window to work in.

Figure 3-2 Empty WorldView Window

1. Start WorldView by clicking on the WorldView shortcut. This will open an empty WorldView window, asshown in (Figure 3-2)

2. From the File pull-down menu, select New Map.3. In the previously empty WorldView window, a new window for your new map will open, named Untitled1.

See (Figure 3-3)

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Figure 3-3 New Map Window

Notice that the Audible Alarm Silence is dimmed(not available). To make it available, you have tolog into a privileged SCADA account.

4. To log in, click on the Login pushbutton.

In the Login window that appears, enter yourusername and password and then click on OK.

5. After logging in, click on the Edit mode button to open the Edit toolbar that consist the Library Selector

button.

6. Now click on the Library Selector button.

Figure 3-4 Library Selector Window

This opens the Library Selector window shownin (Figure 3-4). This is the starting point. Youwill be creating many of the items you need foryour sample WorldView map from here

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3.2 Creating Drawing Styles

A drawing style consists of both colors and line styles. If you specify multiple colors in a drawing style, the

system will cycle through those colors at the rate of one color per second. This is how blinking and other fancyeffects can be produced.

1. Youre now going to create all of the drawing styles that youll need in order to build your sample map. TheLibrary Selector window should already be open from the previous paragraph. If not, open it by clicking on

the Library Selector button.

Figure 3-5 Pop-up Menu inDrawing Styles Window

In the Library Selector window, click on theDrawing Styles tab to bring it to the front and then,with the mouse pointer in the Drawing Styleswindow, right-click to open the pop-up menu, asshown in Figure (Figure 3-5)

2. In the pop-up menu, click on Add. The Drawing Style Editor window will appear as shown in (Figure 3-6)

3. In the Drawing Style Editor, type _Yellow into the Name field. The underscore in the name will sort yourcolors to the top of the list for the purpose of this exercise.



6. Click on the Color Add button. This will bring up the Color window, shown in (Figure 3-7). From thiswindow, select the first yellow color box on the left by clicking on it once and then click on the OK button toclose the Color window. This will add a yellow colored box to the Cyclic Colors list in the Drawing StyleEditor window, as shown in (Figure 3-6).

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Figure 3-6 a)Drawing Style Editor,

b)Yellow Drawing Style

Figure 3-7 Color Window

7. Click on the Save button to close the Drawing Style Editor window and to save the new drawing style.

8. We need to add a few more drawing styles to our list.

Repeat steps 2 to 7 with the name _Green and using a dark green color.

Repeat steps 2 to 7 with the name _Red and using a red color.

Repeat steps 2 to 7 with the name _Orange and using an orange color.

Repeat steps 2 to 7 with the name _Gray and using a gray color.

Repeat steps 2 to 7 with the name _Black and using black.

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9. Now we need to add some drawing styles that will appear to flash on and off. Start by adding a new drawingstyle called _Alarm Yellow.

10. Click on the Color Add button and select the first yellow box on the left by clicking on it once and thenclick on the OK button to close the Color window.

11. Select Color Add again. This time add black (the last box in the first column on the left) and click on OK. Ifyour screen background is black, anything drawn in this drawing style will appear to flash on and off, at therate of one color per second, when youre not in edit mode.

12. Click on the Save button to close the Drawing Style Editor window and to save the new drawing style.

13. Repeat steps 8 to 12 for _Alarm Red using red and black.

14. Repeat steps 8 to 12 for _Alarm Orange using orange and black.

15. Now we need a couple of different line styles. Select the _Yellow drawing style we created earlier, right-clickon it and then select Modify.

16. Change the name to _Yellow Bus Bar and change the Line Width to 3 pixels. Lines drawn with this drawingstyle will be 3 screen pixels wide at all zoom levels where the lines are visible (i.e. not de-cluttered). Savethe changes you made, and click Yes when asked if you want to create a new drawing style.

17. Open the _Yellow drawing style again. Change the name to _Yellow Feeder and change the line width to 2pixels and save it.

You have now added to the drawing styles library the drawing styles that youll need for the sample map. Notethat this has been just a quick introduction. For a more detailed description of the Drawing Style Editor, seeChapter4, Drawing Styles.

3.3 Creating Text Styles

A text style consists of a font and font size, as well as other attributes such as orientation and alignment. A textstyle does not specify color. The color of a text string is defined by the strings associated drawing style (see

Section 3.2, Creating Drawing Styles).

Figure 3-8 Text Styles of Library Selector

1. With the mouse in the Text Styles window,right-click to open a pop-up menu similar to theone we saw earlier with drawing styles.

2. In the pop-up menu, click on the Add button.The Text Style Editor will appear.

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Figure 3-9 Text Styles Editor

3. In the Library Selector window, click on theText Styles tab to bring it to the front.

4. Type _Arial 200 into the Name field, as shown

in (Figure 3-9).

5. Click on the Select Font button. This willbring up the Font window shown in(Figure 3-10).

Figure 3-10 Font Window

6. Click in the data entry box under the Size menuand type in a value of 28.

7. Click on the OK button to close the Fontwindow

8. Click on the Save button in the Text Style Editor to save the new text style.9. Repeat steps 2 to 9 for Text Styles _Arial 300 and _Arial 100 using the corresponding sizes. Select a Font

Style of Bold for the _Arial 300 text style.

You have now added the text styles that youll need for sample map. For a more detailed description of the TextStyle Editor, see Chapter5, Text Styles.

3.4 Creating Symbols

A symbol is a set of one or more drawing objects grouped together to represent something, that somethingtypically being a real world device such as a switch or a valve. Each symbol can be used many times in themap. If you decide to change the appearance of a symbol, all you need to do is edit the symbol in the library andall instances of the symbol in the map will be updated automatically.

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Figure 3-11 Symbols Tab of Library Selector

When you first get the system, the symbol library already contains a set of ready-to-use symbols that are

provided by Survalent Technology, but you can create your own symbols. How to do this is the subject of thissection.

3.4.1 Breaker Symbol

Well begin by drawing some breaker symbols. A breaker has two states: on and off. That doesnt mean weneed two breaker symbols though. Although we can use two symbols for each breaker point, we can also makedo with just one, and arrange to have it colored differently depending on the state of the point. In our samplemap, were going to make use of both ways of representing status points.

Figure 3-12 Creating A New Symbol

1. To create a new symbol, access the Symbols

tab of the Library Selector window and right-click anywhere in the list of symbols. In thepop-up menu that appears, select Add.

2. A blank symbol drawing window, labeled Untitled, will appear with the Tool bar, Navigation bar and the Editbar located in it.

3. In the Library Selector window, click on the Drawing Styles tab. Scroll down and select the _Red drawingstyle by clicking on it once with the left mouse button. Either drag the Library Selector out of the way, orclose it. (The selected drawing style will remain selected.)

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Figure 3-13 Grid Dialog

4. From the Map pull-down menu, select SetGrid. A Grid dialog will appear. The spacingshould default to 10000 x 10000. If not, fill inthese values. Leave the Offsets set to zero.

5. Check the Grid Enabled check box and click onOk. (If you want to see the grid, you can checkthe Grid Visible check box too.)

6. Click on the Filled Box button in the Edit bar.

7. To draw a rectangle on the screen, move your mouse to a point on the screen where the coordinates at thebottom of the screen read X:0 Y:0. Press down on the left mouse button and drag up and to the right untilthe coordinates read X:10000 Y:10000. Let go of the mouse button and you should have a red square asshown below.

Figure 3-14 Red Square Symbol

8. Click on the Save button that is located on the Tool bar. Because this is a brand new symbol, this willbring up the Save As window.

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Figure 3-15 Save As Window

9. In the File name field of the Save As window,type the name _Breaker Closed and then clickon the Save button. This will save your symboland close the Save As window. But dont close

the symbol yet.

10. We are now going to make a green-colored copy of the red symbol we just created. Retrieve the LibrarySelector and click on the Drawing Styles tab. Find the _Green drawing style and select it by clicking on itonce.

11. Click on the Select (Arrow) tool and then select the symbol by clicking on it. It will be highlighted by aselection rectangle (an outline). Right-click, and from the pop-up menu that appears, choose Recolor. Thesymbol will turn green.

12. From the File pull-down menu, select Save As. In the File name field of the Save As window, enter _BreakerOpen.

13. Close the symbol drawing window by selecting Close from the File pull-down menu.14. Close the Library Selector window. This completes the breaker symbols.

3.4.2 Pushbut ton Symbol

Now we are going to make a symbol to represent a pushbutton. The symbol for a pushbutton will consist of a

gray rectangle, as shown in (Figure 3-16).

Figure 3-16 Pushbutton Symbol

1. Open the Library Selector, and in the Symbols list, right-click and select the Add function. A symbol drawingwindow will appear.

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2. Access the Drawing Styles pane of the Library Selector and select the _Gray drawing style. Close the

Library Selector.

3. From the Map pull-down menu, select Set Grid. In the Grid window that appears, change the spacing to

1000 x 1000, check both the Grid Enabled and Grid Visible check boxes, and click on OK.

4. Select the Filled Box symbol from the Edit bar.

5. Position the cursor at X:0 Y:0, press and hold the mouse button down, and drag the cursor up and to theright until the coordinates read X:12000 Y:8000, and let go of the mouse button. A gray rectangle willappear in the drawing area.

6. Click on the Save button, and in the Save As window that appears, enter the name _Pushbutton and pressEnter. Close the open windows.

3.4.3 Substation Symbol

In this paragraph, were going to make a symbol that we will use to represent a substation. This symbol willconsist of a circle, as shown below.

Figure 3-17 Substation Symbol

1. In the Symbols list of the Library Selector, right-click and select the Add function. A symbol drawing windowwill appear.

2. Go into edit mode and access the Drawing Styles tab of the Library Selector. Select the {dynamic}drawingstyle. Close the Library Selector.

3. From the Map pull-down menu, select Set Grid. Ensure that the spacing is 10000 x 10000, check the GridEnabled check box and click on OK.

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7. Turn off the grid by selecting Set Grid (from the Map pull-down menu) and clearing the Grid Enabled check

box (by clicking on it), and click on OK.

8. Select the Line Tool from the Edit toolbar and draw a line between the center of the first circle and thecenter of the second circle. You should now have a drawing that resembles the symbol at the bottom of(Figure 3-19).Note: Holding down the Shift key ensures that a line will be perfectly horizontal or vertical. Not using theshift key allows you to draw a line in any direction.

9. Click on the Save button, and in the Save As window that appears, enter the name _Switch Closed andpress Enter. Dont close the window yet.

We will now create the symbol for the open switch (the symbol at the top of (Figure 3-19)).

1. In the Edit bar, click on the Select (arrow) tool.

2. Select the horizontal line by clicking on it once with the left mouse button.

3. With the line selected, delete it by clicking on the Cut (scissors) tool in the Tool bar.

4. Select the Line Draw tool in the Edit bar, and drag out a line from the center of the left circle to about one-inch above and just left of the right circle as shown in (Figure 3-19).

5. To save this new symbol under a different name, select Save As from the File pull-down menu. In the SaveAs window that appears, enter _Switch Open in the File Name field and press Enter to save your new

symbol.

6. Close all open windows under the main WorldView Window.

3.4.6 Transformer Symbol

Next, well make a symbol to represent a transformer.The symbol for a transformer is shown in (Figure 3-20).

1. In the Symbols list of the Library Selector, right-click and select the Add function.

2. Click on the Edit mode button and access the Drawing Styles pane of the Library Selector. Find and select

the _Yellow Bus Bar style that we created in section 3.2, Creating Drawing Styles. Close the Li