Graphics Workspace

This section provides information about the Graphics Tile View, workspace buttons, and keyboard and mouse behavior.

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Graphics - Buttons

The Graphics workspace provides tools that enhance your view of the current graphic. The tools display when you have a graphic open in the Graphics tab.

Graphics Viewer Workspace

Button

Name

Description

Coverage Area

Allows you to view the coverage areas on a graphic.

Filter

Displays one of the following filter menus for depths, disciplines, and layers, depending on the graphic configuration:

Show All and Hide All allows you to toggle between the visibility of all items in the Layers and Discipline menus.

  • Depths Menu
    • Displays when a graphic has multiple depths.
  • Disciplines Menu
    • Displays all the layers associated with a discipline.
  • Layers Menu
    • Displays when a graphic has multiple layers without disciplines assigned to them, and one depth.
    • Displays all the layers configured within the graphic.

Tooltip

Displays or hides the object tooltips on the graphics.

Alarm indicator

Show or hide the alarm indicator icons on the graphic.

The button is enabled by default.

NOTE:
The alarm button selection is not persisted when you leave the Graphics workspace and resorts to the default setting for the alarm indicators.

Scale-to-Fit

Scales the graphic to fit in the viewing area. Once selected, the graphic resizes itself according to window size.
Selecting the button, changing the Zoom selection, or loading another graphic, disables the feature.

Zoom-In ()

Allows you to zoom in by + 25% on the active graphic with each mouse click or tap.

Icon removed on small screen (mobile) view. Pinch to zoom in or out.

Zoom-Out ()

Allows you to zoom out by - 25% on the active graphic with each mouse click or tap.

Icon removed on small screen (mobile) view. Pinch to zoom in or out.

Menu icon (small screens only)

When viewing graphics on a small screen, tap to hide or show other icons that are available on the small screen view.

Graphics – Tile View

Graphics are in the Application View under Applications > Graphics.

In System Browser:

From the Graphics tab:

Click on a graphic or viewport tile to display the graphic in the Graphics tab.

Filtering in the Graphics tab

You can filter the Graphics tab by using the Search box. As you enter the desired text, the filtered graphic objects display in the view.

Keyboard and Mouse Behavior

The following are tasks available in the Graphics that can be accomplished using keyboard and mouse shortcuts or touch-gestures.

Feature

Keyboard and Mouse

Touch-Gesture Equivalent

Primary Selection

Double-Click

Double-Tap

Secondary Selection

Single-Click

Single-Tap

Panning

N/A

Touch-and-Drag

Zooming

CTRL + Mouse Wheel

Pinch Gesture