In addition to drawing tags to display their values on the pages of your application, you can use a variety of enhancement details as a means of making the display more comprehensive to operators.
Text is one important aspect of successful operator displays. Text labels distinguish different pieces of equipment, and are particularly important when a system is comprised of multiple pieces of the same type of equipment. For example, if 20 identical motors are displayed on a single page, labels are necessary to help operators distinguish one from another.
In addition to text tools, VTS provides you with a wide range of static equipment bitmaps and geometric shape drawing tools to add realistic details to your displays. When establishing graphic-based displays, it is often useful to represent all elements of the system to recreate the layout of the plant or station as closely as possible, thereby making it more familiar to operators.
The tutorial will assist you in becoming completely familiar with the display building tools.