Platform Diagrams Overview
Platform Diagrams are interactive, SCADA-style one-line diagrams. You build them from a library of equipment symbols (or custom SVGs), connect the symbols with lines, and bind each symbol to a Device or Variable so the diagram displays live values, status, and alarms in place.
Workflow Stage: Visualize
Overview
Where a Dashboard answers "what are the numbers right now," a Diagram answers "where in the system are those numbers coming from." Diagrams are particularly useful for electrical distribution, generator/utility monitoring, process flow, and control-system architecture documentation.
Video Tutorial
Creating a Diagram
- Open Visualize → Diagrams.
- Click Create Diagram.
- Set name, type (electrical, mechanical, process, etc.), optional description, and canvas size/orientation.
- Drag symbols from the component library onto the canvas; connect them with lines.
- Bind each symbol to a Device or Variable so it can display live values. Configure display format, units, and color thresholds.
- (Optional) Add click actions, tooltips, and drill-down navigation to related diagrams.
- Save and share based on role permissions.
Editor Capabilities
| Area | Tools |
|---|---|
| Canvas | Drag-and-drop, snap-to-grid, zoom/pan, undo/redo, copy/paste. |
| Symbols | Library of standard electrical equipment; custom SVG import; rotation, scaling, grouping, layers. |
| Connections | Straight, angled, curved; auto-routing; labels; per-line color and arrow style. |
| Bindings | Each symbol can bind to a Variable for live display, color-coded status, or animated state. |
Live Data and Alarms
Bound symbols update in place at a configurable refresh interval. Display logic supports:
- Current Variable value with units and decimal precision (all three data types:
Number,String,Boolean). - Color-coded thresholds — e.g. green / amber / red against numeric ranges.
- Animated state — e.g. power-flow direction, running/stopped indication.
- Active-alarm indicators directly on the affected symbol, with click-through to the alarm detail.
Common Diagram Types
- Electrical one-line — utility feed, transfer switches, generator connections, distribution panels, breakers, load monitoring.
- Facility layouts — building floor plans with Device locations, equipment rooms, data center racks.
- Process diagrams — equipment interconnections, material flow, control signal routing.
For the editor's deeper features (custom symbol creation, advanced bindings, drill-down configuration), see the per-feature pages under Diagrams.