Using the central Butterfly panel

The Action Panel displays several action buttons that are enabled or disabled, depending on what is selected in the central panel, as well as in the left-side panels. These buttons are explained in more detail later in the text.

- click on it opens the Wall Editor sub-dialog for specifying basic Wall properties, such as the Wall Depth and Length.

Also, the editor enables assigning an attached image to a Wall simply by selecting the appropriate image name from the drop down menu. The same image is displayed in the Wall Image Gallery (right panel) and gets selected (highlighted) when the corresponding Wall gets selected (in the Nested Pathway and Cables tree, or in the central Butterfly diagram).

 

 

The Wall Editor also contains the Add a Duct Group button, enabled only upon Wall selection. Click on this button opens an empty Duct Group Editor dialog, explained more in the next point.

- click on it opens the Duct Group Editor sub-dialog with input fields for specifying the number and layout of Ducts inside the Duct Group, as well as the position of the Duct Group. Additional data grid lists all Ducts for the selected Duct Group by their serial number, as well as the other end of the Duct connected to this Maintenance Hole. Also, by selecting a row and clicking on the arrow buttons (right of the grid) the list of Ducts can be re-sorted.

 

Additional Ducts can be added by click on the Add a Duct button and by selecting a Duct from the list of Unassigned Ducts:

 

To remove a Duct from this list, select it and click the Remove Ducts button. Any changes made in this dialog will accordingly change the appearance of the Duct Group in the central drawing .

 

 

Click on this button opens the Maintenance Hole Properties - General tab dialog.

Click on the Create Note button creates and automatically selects an empty note and adds a marker for it in the central drawing.

The note marker can be moved around in the diagram to the desired position.

A new row entry with default "New Note" text is created at the bottom of the grid, highlighted and automatically consecutively enumerated.

The central rectangle in the butterfly drawing is an equilateral polygon with multiple rectangles on the sides, drawn in alignment with each of the side of the central rectangle (i.e., hole). Each element from the drawing, except for the central rectangle, is selectable and accordingly highlighted when selected in either this central or the left side panel.

This control indicates the angle of North that is set for the drawing. Note that click and drag on the control changes the value of the Angle of North field value in the Maintenance Hole Properties - General tab dialog, which means the Maintenance Hole is rotated so that the Geo Control is pointed North.

This is a standard Pan / Zoom control, similar as the one in Google Maps and the same as in the Design World. Click on up / down / left / right arrow buttons moves the central drawing in the selected direction. This can also be done by drag and click anywhere in the central drawing. Click on the + / - buttons zooms the drawing in / out. This can also be done by spinning the mouse wheel while the pointer is anywhere in the central drawing.

The color legend shows Duct usage within the Butterfly Diagram, without the user having to search for that property manually for each Duct. Another feature is that the color coding of each Duct status inside the Butterfly Wall automatically changes to show when the fill ratio reaches thresholds.

 

The following Duct usage thresholds are defined using shades of green as color:

 

The example from the screenshot below displays a Wall inside the Butterfly Diagram with 4 Ducts assigned and completely empty, that is, 0% full, as indicated by the lightest shade of green coloring:

 

In addition to the basic statuses listed above, the following are also defined:

 

The following activities can cause the Pathway status to automatically transition between different values:

In addition to this Duct usage analytics, the Pathway hierarchies shows the percentage usage for each top-level Duct.

The left side of this panel is always fixed, while the right side dynamically displays different values depending on the position of mouse pointer (very similar to the toolbar at the bottom of the Design World). In this example, the Wall is selected, which is also corresponds to the Object value visible in this panel.