FrontVue
is a client 3D GUI (Grphical User Interface) for Windows 2000 and XP. It provides
everything you need to design and display comprehensive animated 3D graphics
of your process on a PC.
However, unlike a traditional GUI,
at run-time the real-time information is collected from one or more OPC servers.
A wide range of OPC servers is already available from PLC manufacturers and
3rd parties.
Who should use FrontVue?
End
Users and System Integrators can use FrontVue as an off-the-shelf product.
OEMs can badge FrontVue as their own product. FrontVue can also be integrated
with existing software to create an up to date look and feel for an established
product without the expense of a complete re-write.
Technical Highlights
Application
Development FrontVue applications are developed as one or more interactive
windows linked to provide menus, process mimics, status pages etc.
ActiveX
Container FrontVue is an ActiveX
container. Developers can integrate off-the-shelf 3rd party components by simply
pasting them into a window.
Object
Technology Re-usable graphic objects are easily created without the
need for special tools. Modification of any object is automatically propagated
wherever it is used.
Communication
FrontVue employs a separate manager to handle communication. As standards evolve
support for new types of server can easily be added without the need to modify
the FrontVue core.
VBA
Scripting The Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6.0 is the development
environment and language used within FrontVue.
3D
Graphic Engine FrontVue has its own native 3D window editor using the
latest drawing technology for maximum productivity and mind-blowing graphics.
Zoom
& De-Clutter De-clutter templates may be created to reveal and hide
information as mimics are zoomed in and out.