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ViewBuilder II

Course Overview

Students will create equipment graphics from a schematic drawing and technician pages. As an example, students will be tasked to create one graphic for different types of similar equipment with the idea of creating a master graphic for all VAVs to shorten engineering time. In addition, students will create a standard template for their company. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to identify, define, and/or apply advanced conditional expressions, WebCTRL paths for system/ equipment linking, and complete customization of equipment graphics, including HTML controls, external links, document links, email links, and custom images and symbols for WebCTRL graphics.

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Course Objectives

To create equipment graphics from a schematic drawing as well as technician pages. To understand all the controls, expressions, and links of ViewBuilder.

  • Create advanced equipment and area graphics.
  • Incorporate Add-ons and Custom Reports to graphic files.
  • Utilize custom options such as conditional expressions, layers, local variables, and the advanced library.

Prerequisites

Course Formats

Traditional Classroom

A live instructor will lead up to 12 students (course dependent) in hands-on exercises with minimal lecture in between. Using the situated learning techniques of the Kirkpatrick Model, this methodology fosters a collaborative learning environment where students are positioned to maximize knowledge retention. This course is 2- or 3-day event depending on location.

Instructor-Led eLearning

A live instructor will lead students using video conferencing and remote access software. The student will have remote access to a training station to complete hands-on tasks, giving them a virtual classroom experience from many miles away. This course is hosted in the same 2 or 3-day timeframe and manner as the traditional classroom format.

Course Outline

More controls

  • Graphic control

Add-ons

  • Creating document lists
  • Add add-on control
  • Generate & edit the docs.csv file
  • Load the docs configuration
  • Notes add-on

Custom report controls

  • Add a table to a graphic
  • Add a chart to a graphic

Symbol viewer

  • Utilize the symbol viewer

Expressions & local variables

  • Create a combined conditional expression
  • Show/hide based on a radio button
  • Using a local variable to test a control

Create equipment graphics

  • Place the background ductwork and arrows
  • Program smaller components
  • Find/Replace
  • Math expressions
  • Variable color expressions
  • Associating an On-Off-Auto symbol
  • Distribute and align components
  • Links to metering equipment
  • Trend displays and current time
  • External links to a file
  • Enable/disable conditional expressions
  • Adding an image list
  • Notes display for graphics
  • Add a second .view file to a WebCTRL tree item
  • Create external links to ALC support
  • Create internal links to ALC support
  • Create a Point Configuration table
  • Create a Controller Information table
  • Creating HTML control buttons
Class Requirements

To receive a certificate for this course student must be present for the entire course, complete all workshops and receive a grade of 70% on graded final.

Traditional Classroom

A live instructor will lead up to 12 students (course dependent) in hands-on exercises with minimal lecture in between. Using the situated learning techniques of the Kirkpatrick Model, this methodology fosters a collaborative learning environment where students are positioned to maximize knowledge retention. This course is 2- or 3-day event depending on location.

Instructor-Led eLearning

A live instructor will lead students using video conferencing and remote access software. The student will have remote access to a training station to complete hands-on tasks, giving them a virtual classroom experience from many miles away. This course is hosted in the same 2 or 3-day timeframe and manner as the traditional classroom format.

More controls

  • Graphic control

Add-ons

  • Creating document lists
  • Add add-on control
  • Generate & edit the docs.csv file
  • Load the docs configuration
  • Notes add-on

Custom report controls

  • Add a table to a graphic
  • Add a chart to a graphic

Symbol viewer

  • Utilize the symbol viewer

Expressions & local variables

  • Create a combined conditional expression
  • Show/hide based on a radio button
  • Using a local variable to test a control

Create equipment graphics

  • Place the background ductwork and arrows
  • Program smaller components
  • Find/Replace
  • Math expressions
  • Variable color expressions
  • Associating an On-Off-Auto symbol
  • Distribute and align components
  • Links to metering equipment
  • Trend displays and current time
  • External links to a file
  • Enable/disable conditional expressions
  • Adding an image list
  • Notes display for graphics
  • Add a second .view file to a WebCTRL tree item
  • Create external links to ALC support
  • Create internal links to ALC support
  • Create a Point Configuration table
  • Create a Controller Information table
  • Creating HTML control buttons

To receive a certificate for this course student must be present for the entire course, complete all workshops and receive a grade of 70% on graded final.