How To: Show Panel Markers in your Drawing

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How To: Show Panel Markers in your Drawing

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This topic focuses on the procedure to place Panel Markers in a GPS calibrated drawing.

For a similar procedure using the Map tool see this topic.

 

Prerequisites

This topic assumes that you have a GPS calibrated drawing of your plant.

For more information on calibrating your drawing see here.

Further, this topic assumes that you have identified GPS coordinates for your Locations in your Locations table. For more information on this topic see here.

 

Explanation

WireCAD has the ability to place a marker for every Panel in the Locations table for which GPS coordinate data exists. The markers placed are based on the current filter settings. For more information on setting filters see here.

The type of marker placed, its scale, and Overlay Mode can be determined in the menu structure.

The marker text, color and Overlay Mode settings can be controlled in the GPS Settings panel.

 

Related Topics

GPS Settings

Display Tab

 

Procedure

1.Open your GPS calibrated drawing. If your drawing does not display GPS in the lower right-hand corner, stop.

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2.Select the Geometry and Scale. Geometry sets the block to insert as a Panel Marker.  For more information on the Geometry see this topic.

 

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Here we have selected a block that has the appearance of a simple rectangle with an angled line.

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3.Select the Overlay Mode. For more information on the Overlay Mode see this topic.

4.Enter any Filter data that you would like to limit the display of Panels by.  For more information on the Filters see this topic.

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5.Click Mapping Tools > Display > Locations. This will display all locations for which GPS data has been entered. If you have an empty filter all Panels with found GPS data will be shown.

Here we see the panels displayed with the Radial Overlay mode

Here we see the panels displayed with the Radial Overlay mode

6.You are done.

 

 

Note: Although we are showing a real world location in these examples the data is completely fictitious. Any resemblance to any data living or dead is purely coincidental.