Simulator 16 User Guide - PowerWorld

Checking this box will display the Use Lookup options with the characteristic settings. The Use
Lookup option with certain field characteristics allow you to define a table of different field values
and corresponding characteristic values. If you check Show Lookup tables, and then check the Use
Lookup field next to one of the characteristics, you will open the Lookup definition table. This table
allows you to select a field for the Object Type you have selected. This field is the field that you
define values for in the left column of the lookup table. To insert entries in the lookup table, rightclick
in the table grid and choose Insert from the popup menu. This will place a default record in the
table. Modify the Field Value that Simulator should look for in the table, and a corresponding
Characteristic Value that should be used for the field value given. For example, you could use a
lookup table with Line Thickness for transmission line objects, where the thickness of the line would
vary based on the amount of flow on the line. Different thicknesses could be assigned to different
levels of flow using a lookup table.
Context
In the Context Objects, the user will specify what specific type of graphical objects the dynamic
formatting will apply to. This list view will be populated with the Case Information Display object (if
the dynamic formatting definitions set correspond to the general case), plus the several graphical
objects related to the Object Type. (For buses, for example, it will include the graphical bus, the bus
fields, and the bus gauge).
Fields
In the Fields list view, the user will be able to select which fields the dynamic formatting settings will
apply to. This view will be populated only for those context objects with fields, such as the Case
Information Display and the Object Fields. This list is only visible when you choose certain types of
context objects in the context objects list.
Show Only Commonly Used Fields
If this option is checked, only a reduced list of selected fields will be displayed. Otherwise, all the
fields belonging to the object will be shown.
Characteristics
The characteristics that the user will be allowed to modify dynamically. These include line thickness,
style, color, and background color; font name, size, color, and style; highlight color; surround shape,
color and thickness; color and magnification of the ‘X’ on top of the objects; and blinking color and
interval.
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