Creating Moving Objects

In order to apply dynamic locations from an external database you will need to use the Intelligent Objects Editor.

Applying Dynamic Locations

Saving the Settings

Removing Dynamic Locations

Applying Dynamic Locations

Load the HAUL_ROUTE layer, which should have been created through the Getting Started tutorial. If this layer has not been created, then you will need to complete the Getting Started tutorial before continuing.
Select Tools > Preferences.
Under the Vulcan : Graphics section of the Preferences interface, select the Update Intelligent Objects check box and set the Update Delay to 15000 milliseconds (15 seconds). This setting is required to update the dynamic positioning.
Figure 1 : The Update Intelligent Objects preference
Click OK to exit the Preferences interface.
Select Design > Intelligent Objects > Intelligent Objects Editor.
Go to the Database section of the Intelligent Objects Editor interface.
Select ‘ Intelligent_Objects ’ from the Data source drop-down list. If you cannot select this, then an ODBC data source does not exist. Refer to the ODBC Interface documentation for steps on how to set up an ODBC link.
Figure 2 : Specifying the Data Source
Go to the Types section of the Intelligent Objects Editor interface and select the Retrieve location information from database option.
Figure 3 : Retrieving Location Information from the Database
Type in a display symbol name of BIG_TRUCK and set the scale factor to 0.005.
Figure 4 : Specifying a Symbol and Scale Factor
Under the SQL Statement section, construct the following statement:
Select X, Y, Z from Truck_Location where HAULAGE_ROUTE = ‘ROUTE_1’
The statement is saying select the X, Y, and Z fields from the record in the Truck_Location table where the HAULAGE_ROUTE field is equal to ROUTE_1.
To construct the statement:
- Click Columns. From the displayed panel, enter the following in the displayed panel.
- Select Truck_Location from the drop-down list.
- Click Build to construct the remainder of the statement. You will need to type in the ROUTE_1 value
Click Apply and select Polygon from the displayed dialog box.
From the Multiple Selection box, select the Object selection method followed by the ROUTE_1 design object. Right-click twice to return to the Intelligent Objects Editor interface.
Open the Truck_Location table in the Intelligent_Objects external database. Change the values in the table as shown below:
Figure 5 : Alteration of values in the Truck_Location table
Click out of the first row of cells, wait approximately 15 seconds and then change the values as follows:
Figure 6 : Alteration of values in the Truck_Location table
Close the table and return to Vulcan. The truck should start moving along the original design line.

Saving the Settings

Go to the Save Specification section of the Intelligent Objects Editor interface and enter Path in the Specification file field.
Figure 7 : Saving your Settings to a Specification File
Click Save and close the Intelligent Objects Editor interface.

The resulting specification file will be stored in your current working directory. This specification file, which can be opened and viewed through a text editor, holds the panel settings for the Intelligent Objects Editor interface and can be reloaded at a later time.

Removing Dynamic Locations

Go to the Types section of the Intelligent Objects Editor interface and click Remove.
From the Remove Data dialog box, select the Datatip Locations option followed by the Polygon entry.
From the Multiple Selection box, select the Object selection method followed by the haul truck symbol. Right-click twice to return to the Intelligent Objects Editor interface.