Dynamic Formatting Dialog

The Dynamic Formatting dialog for the active oneline can be accessed by:

Selecting Dynamic Formatting > $image\ebx_-650576347.gif$ Active Oneline on the General Options ribbon group of the Options ribbon tab. These General Options are also available on the Oneline ribbon tab.
Selecting Dynamic Formatting (Active Oneline) from the oneline local menu, or

The Dynamic Formatting dialog for the general case information displays, bus and substation views, and for all onelines can be accessed by:

Selecting Dynamic Formatting > $image\ebx_1944232010.gif$ Case Info / All Views And Onelines on the General Options ribbon group of the Options ribbon tab. These General Options are also available on the Oneline ribbon tab.
Selecting Dynamic Formatting (All Views) from the bus view local menu or the substation view local menu, or

This dialog presents the following options:

Set Format Priority

It is possible to have multiple dynamic format definitions created and stored with a case and/or active oneline diagram. This option allows you to set a format priority order for all of the dynamic format definitions, so that any diagram objects that meet more than one dynamic filter will use the settings of the dynamic filter with the highest set priority.

Allow Oneline to use dynamic formatting defined with case

This option will only be available when the dynamic formatting settings correspond to an active oneline. It indicates whether or not the oneline diagram will use the dynamic formatting definitions specified in the case.

Object Type

The type of power system object with graphical representation, such as a bus, a load, a generator, etc.

Filter Criteria

The filter that applies to the object type defined. The Dynamic Formatting settings will apply to the graphical object only if the corresponding power system object meets the specified filter. If the criteria box is empty, the Dynamic Formatting settings will assume that all the objects of the specified type meet the criteria.

Formatting Active

If this option is unchecked, the dynamic formatting definition will be ignored when the objects are rendered. Otherwise, it will be applied if there are graphical objects whose characteristics match the rest of the characteristics defined in this dialog.

Force visibility

When this option is checked, the objects will be displayed (assuming the dynamic formatting applies to them) independently of the visibility of the layer to which such objects belong, and with no regards of the low and high zoom levels.

Show Lookup Tables

Checking this box will display the Use Lookup options with the characteristic settings. The Use Lookup option with certain field characteristics allow you to define a table of different field values and corresponding characteristic values. If you check Show Lookup tables, and then check the Use Lookup field next to one of the characteristics, you will open the Lookup definition table. This table allows you to select a field for the Object Type you have selected. This field is the field that you define values for in the left column of the lookup table. To insert entries in the lookup table, right-click in the table grid and choose Insert from the popup menu. This will place a default record in the table. Modify the Field Value that Simulator should look for in the table, and a corresponding Characteristic Value that should be used for the field value given. For example, you could use a lookup table with Line Thickness for transmission line objects, where the thickness of the line would vary based on the amount of flow on the line. Different thicknesses could be assigned to different levels of flow using a lookup table.

Context

In the Context Objects, the user will specify what specific type of graphical objects the dynamic formatting will apply to. This list view will be populated with the Case Information Display object (if the dynamic formatting definitions set correspond to the general case), plus the several graphical objects related to the Object Type. (For buses, for example, it will include the graphical bus, the bus fields, and the bus gauge).

Fields

In the Fields list view, the user will be able to select which fields the dynamic formatting settings will apply to. This view will be populated only for those context objects with fields, such as the Case Information Display and the Object Fields. This list is only visible when you choose certain types of context objects in the context objects list.

Show Only Commonly Used Fields

If this option is checked, only a reduced list of selected fields will be displayed. Otherwise, all the fields belonging to the object will be shown.

Characteristics

The characteristics that the user will be allowed to modify dynamically. These include line thickness, style, color, and background color; font name, size, color, and style; highlight color; surround shape, color and thickness; color and magnification of the ‘X’ on top of the objects; and blinking color and interval.