Algorius Net Viewer Manual | Connection Lines

Adding to Map

To add a new line to the map, press the Draw Line button on the toolbar or press the L button in the map editor. The editor will become a cross cursor, showing the drawing mode is activated. Clicking on the map will create the first vertex of the line and the next click will correspondingly set its second vertex. Following this, the connection line will be created and added to the map.

The drawing mode will remain active after you draw a line, so that you can just add one more line.

Combining

When adding a new line, you can also click on the free ends of the other selected lines, which will continue a new line from the existing one. It is possible to combine lines that way.

Editing

All basic line operations, such as line deleting, moving, etc. comply with the general rules. See the relevant chapters in the Map Objects section.

Use the left mouse button, while holding down the Shift button, to move the line vertex for any degree divisible by 15.

To add a vertex, simple, while holding down the Ctrl button, double-click in the place you want to add it in, or select Add Vertex from the context menu in that place.

To divide a line into two lines, select Divide in the context menu of the line. The selected line will be divided into 2 lines.

You can use the Tab key to switch between line vertexes. This hotkey allows quickly moving or deleting a specific vertex using the keyboard keys only.

Properties

Line properties are displayed in the Properties panel when one or more lines are selected on the map:

The following sections are available:

  • Geometry — see Map Object Properties.
  • Alignment — see Map Object Properties.
  • Style — color, stroke, thickness, arrow at the ends of the line.
  • Description — clicking the Add/Edit Description button opens a text editor where you can define a new or edit an existing line description. The line description can be displayed in reports and is for informational purposes.

If the line connects devices, then the Connection section is available for it, in which you can set the connection parameters:

  • Port to which the line is connected for each device.
  • The cable type and length.

See Connections for more information.