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| level | visualization | background | scale | detail |
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| location map | buildings and their cable connections | x | x | |
| building map | floors and their cable connections | x | x | |
| floor map | rooms and their cable connections | x | x | x |
| room map | components (cabinets and free-standing devices) and their cable connections | x | x |
Every top view consists of the following parts:
- objects of the closest level (e.g. buildings of a location in a location map)
- optional: background image
- optional: scale
- optional in the floor plan: room details
Top view example
General functions
| function | |
|---|---|
| zoom | mouse wheel |
| move | press mouse wheel or use scrollbar |
Add, delete
To add or delete something in different levels and sections, a right click into the appropriate area is sufficient to open the context menu where you can select "add" or "delete".
Background images
Every top view can be complemented with a background image, e.g. a location map, a section from Google maps or a floor plan. Pathfinder supports rastered images like jpeg, png etc. as well as vector graphics (AutoCAD, dwg, svg with the respective module). The background image is uploaded to document management and linked to the respective level.
You can add or exchange a background image with "load background image" which can be reached by right click.
Load background image
Options
Depending on the format, you can make make different adjustments to the background image (opacity, color, visible layers etc.).
Modify background
Design Mode
In the design mode, the user can design the layout of the top view. You can change the position and size of an object like a building here.
Design mode
Change layout
Adjust scale
Room sections (floor plan)
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The top view of each layer includes the background image on which all elements of the next layer are displayed. For example, the floors are displayed as the top view inside buildings, rooms inside floors and so on. For background images, raster formats (.jpeg, .png etc.) and vector formats (AutoCAD, .dwg, .svg) are supported.
You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out of the screen and press and drag the mouse wheel to move the map around.
If you want to add objects in the top view, select the corresponding option from the context menu.