R9.01 Release Information

The Next Generation in SCADA & Process Management Software, FAST/TOOLS R9.01

1.Advanced graphical object manipulation and animation

With the new visualization editor based on advanced scalable graphics, shapes and symbols can be intuitively manipulated in virtually any way. Examples of this are sheering, rejoining, adding/subtracting, and reforming. Basically the new editor combines the power of today's most sophisticated graphical applications in one easy manageable package. Furthermore, it supports direct animation on process drawing elements and shapes which can be activated and changed transparently in their properties.

2.Dynamic layers and visibility groups built for the web

Process mimics can be built with dynamic layers and backgrounds that can be independently made visible and/or transparent in the operator environment. These layers can be triggered by process conditions, manual controls, or user login privileges. This feature enables multilevel process and key performance indicator (KPI) monitoring and supervision within one operations environment. Furthermore, visualization groups can be defined for clutter/de-clutter zooming areas, allowing details to become visible depending on the display zoom level.

3.Live self documentation

All dynamic and static information of display objects are represented and traced in a structured and easy to navigate tree. The engineer can see all the relations and building blocks of each HMI display. For example, when a static or dynamic element in the self documentation tree is selected with a mouse click, the object it relates to is automatically selected and its properties are shown.