Zones (PA)

This page covers how to add, select, move, duplicate, edit, and delete zones.

You can use zones to create clickable areas that open other pages and panels, or to create color-coded data visualization overlays.

To create a zone:

1. Open the page or template in the Page Editor or Template Editor.
2. Choose the correct tab:
   • If you are editing a page, choose the Zones tab.

   • If you are editing a template, choose the Equipment or Widgets tab.

     Note

     If you choose the Widgets tab, the zone can be resized using the Widget Scale slider.

3. If you are editing a page, choose a layer group, or leave the layer group as Default. See Layers.
4. Select the Draw Zone tool.
5. Draw the zone:
   • Click to add each vertex.
   • Double-click to add the last vertex and finish the shape.
   • Right-click anywhere in the canvas to undo the last vertex.

The following image demonstrates how to create a zone on a location page.

The following image demonstrates how to create a zone on a device template.

The following interactions select one or more zones:

• Choose the Select tool, and then click the zone.
• Choose the Select tool, and then click and drag to create a selection rectangle.
• Choose the Select tool, and then hold Shift while clicking zones to add them to the selection or remove them from the selection.

To edit the vertexes of the currently selected zone:

1. Click the Edit Zone tool, or right-click the zone and choose Edit Vertex.
2. Edit the zone:
   • Double-click anywhere in the canvas to add a new vertex.
   • Right-click a vertex to delete it.
   • Drag a vertex to move it.

The following image demonstrates how to edit zone vertexes.

The Redraw command deletes the selected zone and chooses the Draw Zone tool automatically. The zone that you immediately draw has the bindings of the deleted zone.

To redraw a zone:

1. Right-click the Zone, and choose Redraw.
2. Draw the new zone.

To move the selected zone or zones:

1. With the Select tool as the active tool, click one of the selected zones and drag to move.

Zones are pasted with the same positions as copied objects. You can copy in one tab and paste in another tab.

To copy and paste the currently selected zone or zones:

1. Use the Select tool to select the zone.
2. Right-click the zone and choose Copy.
3. Use the layer group tabs to choose the layer group where you want to paste the zone.
4. Right-click in the canvas, and choose Paste.

Zones are duplicated with the same position, layer group, and Editor tab as the original zone.

To duplicate the currently selected zone or zones:

• Right-click the zone and choose Duplicate.

The following interactions delete the currently selected zone or zones:

• Right-click a selected zone, and choose Delete.
• In the toolbar, click the Delete tool.

The following interactions open the Project Assist Property Inspector so that you can edit zone properties. See also: Zone Properties.

• Right-click the selected zone, and choose Edit Properties.
• With the zone selected, toggle the Properties icon in the toolbar.

The following image demonstrates how to set a zone background color as always purple.

The following image demonstrates how to set a zone border color to be determined by metric status.

The following image demonstrates a zone that has a higher opacity on mouse-over.

The following image shows the zone properties in the Project Assist Property Inspector.

The following is a list of zone properties.