Create Graphics Pages

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Graphics pages present the content that appears on a Citect SCADA display client at runtime. They create the visual interface an operator uses to monitor and control a production system.

With graphics pages, you can:

Use animated objects to display the operating status and performance of a plant
Provide operators with centralized or local control of production equipment using graphical tools and keyboard commands
Implement historical trending of tag data in a graphical format
Develop a multi-layered security system that controls user access according to functional or geographical areas.

Graphics pages are managed using Graphics Builder where their content can be edited.

To help you create graphics pages, Citect SCADA supports page templates. Templates can incorporate standard navigation and support tools that are common across a set of functional page layouts. This delivers a consistent look and feel to a runtime system.

To create a project based on one of the template sets included with Citect SCADA, you can use a Starter Project. Any project that is created from a starter project will also include a set of library objects that you can add to your graphics pages, such as Genies and Super Genies (controls that can be passed information at runtime).