You can edit a number of graphic settings in Siveillance Control.

Configuring Antialiasing

Antialiasing improves the viewing quality of a graphic. However, the graphic displayed is not as quickly or updated as easily when antialiasing is activated. For more information refer to: Smoothing Edges.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. You have the following options:
  • To activate antialiasing, mark the Activate Antialiasing check box.
  • To deactivate antialiasing, unmark the Activate Antialiasing check box.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring Detection Areas

You can configure how detection areas are displayed in graphics. The general settings will apply to all detection areas that are created after the setting is done. A detection area can have a fill and a frame line.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings > Detection Area.
  1. In the Graphic Attributes tab, you have the following options for Line Style:
  • Style: You can select the style of the frame line.
  • Color: You can define a color of the frame line.
  • Width: You can select the width of the frame line in pixels.
  • Arrow Type: Does not apply.
  • Arrow Size: Does not apply.
  1. In the Graphic Attributes tab, you have the following options for Fill Style:
  • Style: You can select the fill style.
  • Transparent: You can select whether the fill is transparent or not.
  • Color: You can define a fill color.
  • Background Color: Does not apply to detection area settings.
  • Pattern: You can select a pattern for the fill.
  • Gradient: You can select a gradient for the fill.
  1. Font Style and Other do not apply to detection areas.
  1. Click OK.
  • The display of detection areas is changed. Changes do not apply to existing detection areas.
  1. To transmit the changes to the runtime server, perform activation in the runtime client.

Configuring Labels

You can configure how symbols for objects and detectors are labeled in graphics. The general settings will apply to all labels. A label can have a background with a fill and a frame line. The label text can be chosen from the object attributes.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings > Labels (General).
  1. In the Graphic Attributes tab, you have the following options for Line Style:
  • Style: You can select the style of the frame line.
  • Color: You can define a color of the frame line.
  • Width: You can select the width of the frame line in pixels.
  • Arrow Type: Does not apply.
  • Arrow Size: Does not apply.
  1. In the Graphic Attributes tab, you have the following options for Fill Style:
  • Style: You can select the fill style.
  • Transparent: You can select whether the fill is transparent or not.
  • Color: You can define a fill color.
  • Background Color: You can select a background color.
  • Pattern: You can select a pattern for the fill.
  • Gradient: You can select a gradient for the fill.
  1. In the Graphic Attributes tab, you have the following options for Font Style:
  • Font: You can select the font.
  • Color: You can define a font color.
  • Bold: You can select whether the font appears bold or not.
  • Italic: You can select whether the font appears in italics or not.
  • Underline: You can select whether the font appears with an underline or not.
  • Strikethrough: You can select whether the font appears strikethrough or not.
  1. In the Graphic Attributes tab, the Visible check box does not apply to label settings.
  1. In the Offset/Size tab, you have the following options:
  • Position Offset X (cm): You can define the horizontal distance of the label from the graphic symbol.
  • Position Offset Y (cm): You can define the vertical distance of the label from the graphic symbol.
  • Position : You can choose from default positions relative to the graphics symbol.
  • Width (cm): You can define the width of the label.
  • Height (cm): You can define the height of the label.
  • Level: You can define the level of the label. The level defines the sequence if there are overlapping labels.
  1. In the Text tab, you have the following options:
  • Displayed Value: You can choose from a dropdown list which attribute of the object is displayed as label of the symbol in the graphic.
  • Text Filter: You can define a regular expression to cut the displayed text, for example, the regular expression “11 “[3] displays only the last 3 characters after the prefix “11 “.
  1. With the Undo button , you can undo unsaved changes. The last saved changes of the label settings apply.
  1. With the Delete button , you can delete all changes of the general label settings. The default settings for labels apply.
  1. Click OK.
  • The display of labels is updated in the graphic.
  1. To transmit the changes to the runtime server, perform activation in the runtime client.

Configuring Type Specific Labels

You can configure how symbols for objects and detectors are labeled in graphics depending on the object type. The settings made for Element Labels (General) apply for all object types. If you change the settings for certain object types, the settings are inherited down along the object types tree.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings > Labels (General) > Labels (per Type).
  1. In the Object Types tree, select the object type for which you want to change the labels of graphic symbols.
  1. You can configure the type specific labels in the same way as described in Configuring Labels.
  • Object types with changed labels are highlighted in the tree.
  1. With the Undo button , you can undo unsaved changes. The last saved changes of the label settings for that object type apply.
  1. With the Delete button , you can delete all changes of the label settings for that object type. The inherited settings for labels apply.
  1. After all required type specific changes, click OK.
  • The display of labels is updated accordingly in the graphic.
  1. To transmit the changes to the runtime server, perform activation in the runtime client.

Configuring the Visual Screen Resolution

You can change the size of objects and detectors in the graphic.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. You have the following options:
  • To display the objects and detectors in reduced form, enter a number from 10 to 71 in the Visual Screen Resolution field.
  • To display the objects and detectors in enlarged form, enter a number from 73 to 150 in the Visual Screen Resolution field.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring Overlays

Outlines and routes are displayed as overlays in graphics. You can influence their behavior.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. To display all saved outlines, escape and access routes, unmark the Only show selected area overlays check box.
  1. To only display outlines, escape and access routes for a selected area, mark the Only show selected area overlays check box.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring Paths

The angle input supports when drawing escape and access routes. For more information refer to: Managing Access and Escape Routes. In Paths (General) you can define the default display style of paths.)

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. Under Path, enter a number in the Angle Input field.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings > Paths (General).
  1. In the Graphic Attributes tab, you have the following options for Line Style:
  • Style: You can select the style of the frame line.
  • Color: You can define a color of the frame line.
  • Width: You can select the width of the frame line in pixels.
  • Arrow Type: You can select the arrow type.
  • Arrow Size: You can enter the size of the arrow.
  1. Fill Style, Font Style and Other do not apply to paths.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring the Performance

You can improve performance when opening a graphic with the Pixel Detail Optimization and Pixel Size to Be Optimized settings.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. To hide objects that are smaller than the specified optimum pixel size, mark the Pixel Detail Optimization check box.
  1. To improve performance in case of large graphics with many short individual lines, change the pixel size by entering a number in the Pixel Size to Be Optimized field.
  • When the pixel size is below the entered number or the zoom level is low, objects are displayed no longer or not in sufficient detail displayed.
  1. To disable the pixel optimization, enter a 0 in the Pixel Size to Be Optimized field.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring the Display of Coordinates

The coordinate settings are used exclusively for the engineering mode. Depending on the configuration, coordinates are displayed in the status bar of the opened graphic. The graphic and GIS coordinates are displayed in the figure.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. To display the local coordinates in the status bar, mark the Show Locality Coordinates check box. To hide the local coordinates, unmark the check box.
  1. To display the graphic coordinates in the status bar, mark the Show Graphic Coordinates check box. To hide the graphic coordinates, unmark the check box.
  1. To display the screen coordinates in the status bar, mark the Show Screen Coordinates check box. To hide the screen coordinates, unmark the check box. These coordinates refer to the Graphics Editor. Position 0, 0 is in the top left corner. Each pixel corresponds to one position on the screen. The first digit indicates the number of pixels from position 0, 0 to the right; the second digit indicates the number of pixels from position 0, 0 downward.
  1. To display the GIS coordinates in the status bar, mark the Show GIS Coordinates check box. To hide the GIS coordinates, unmark the check box. Since GIS coordinates refer to the higher-level coordinate system, they can only be displayed if the graphic is calibrated. For more information refer to: Calibrating Graphics.
  1. To display the GIS coordinates in meters, unmark the Show GIS as Longitude/Latitude check box.
  1. To display the GIS coordinates in degrees, minutes and possibly seconds, mark the Show GIS as Longitude/Latitude check box.
  1. To configure the longitude and latitude pattern, complete the following steps, select a pattern in the Longitude/Latitude Pattern field.
  1. To configure the size, select a width for the light gray background on which the coordinates are displayed by entering a number in the Size field.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring Zoom Steps

If the graphic is enlarged or reduced by zooming this is saved automatically as a zoom increment. The zoom can be undone by using the Last Zoom function in the toolbar. You can configure how many zoom increments are saved.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. Under Zoom, enter a number in the Reverse Zoom Steps field.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring the Mouse Wheel Zoom

You can define the time delay from the end of a mouse wheel zoom to the next time the graphic is refreshed.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings.
  1. Under Zoom, enter a time in the Repaint Timer After Mousewheel Zoom [ms] field.
  1. Click OK.

Configuring Selection Rectangles

You can configure the colors and line width for the selection rectangle that appears after clicking an object.

  1. In the menu bar, select Window > Preferences.
  1. Select Siveillance Control > User Settings > Graphics Settings > Selection.
  1. To change the fill color, select a color in the Fill color field.
  1. To change the line color, select a color in the Line color field.
  1. To change the handle size, enter a number in the Handles size/Rectangle distance (Pixels) field.
  1. To change the line width, enter a number in the Line width (Pixels) field.
  1. Click OK.