Zoom, Pan, and Find

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The Zoom, Pan, and Find Options Dialog is used to specify a desired zoom level and screen location or to locate a particular bus or area/zone on the oneline. The dialog can be opened by right-clicking on the background of the diagram and choosing Pan/Zoom Control from the oneline popup menu, or by clicking on the Find button in the Zoom ribbon group on the Onelines ribbon tab. The dialog has the following fields:

 

Find Objects on Oneline

The Find Object on Oneline section of the dialog is used to pan to any desired bus object , area/zone object , branch object, interface object, or substation object on the oneline. The dialog makes use of the advanced find functionality of Simulator to locate a device.

Only Include Objects Visible at Current Zoom Level

If checked (the default), then the Object ID combo box only lists those objects that are visible at the current zoom level.

Object Type

Select the type of object to find: Buses, Areas or Zones, Interfaces, Substations and Lines/Transformers.

Sort By

Specify whether you are entering the object by its number or by its name by choosing either Sort by Name or Sort by Number. This option also determines how the entries in the list of objects are sorted (either by number or by name).

Object ID

Enter the object’s number or name (depending on the sort type chosen) or select the object from the list.

Allow Auto Updating on Selection

Check this box to automatically pan to the specified object. The object will be located at the center of the oneline diagram.

Pan to Object on Oneline

Click this button to pan to the specified object if the Auto Updating box is not checked. The object will be located at the center of the oneline diagram.

Auto-Zoom when Panning

Check this box to automatically change the zoom when panning to the specified object.

 

Zoom / Pan

The Oneline Zoom / Pan tab on this dialog is used to allow the user to specify either a new zoom level and/or screen center and to define these as the new display default settings. The zoom level and screen center can also be changed from the keyboard. Please see Oneline Zooming and Panning for details.

Zoom Level

Enter the desired percentage zoom level (nominal is 100%).

Horizontal, Vertical

Enter a desired location for the center of the screen. The nominal screen center is 50 horizontal and 50 vertical.

Pan/Zoom to New Location

Changes the screen center and zoom level to the values specified in the above fields.

Restore Default Values

Resets the zoom level and screen center to the default values.