The creation of a convenient and intuitive user interface is one of the primary tasks for application developers. User interface should be not only functional but attractive, so that it could stick to the users’ memory. Much attention is paid to an application interface as it is a pure and simple work environment surrounding people at work. That is why it should be positive and nice-looking. Such user-friendly interface makes users distinguish your application among competing ones. The creation of an effective user interfaces became even easier with the release of the Instrumentation ModelKit 2.3.
The Instrumentation ModelKit is a component providing a library of ready-made gauges and a visual designer which allows the customization of gauges as well as their creation from scratch. In your applications, you can use such visual controls as meters, sliders, linear and circular scales, dials, indicators, progress bars, odometers, tanks, levels as well as non-standard instruments: horizon, scales, compass, clock, etc. All visual components can be easily customized subject to developer and user requirements. It is possible to modify any gauge element property: size, color, orientation, style, visibility, etc.
The well-designed architecture of the product provides an opportunity to use multiple elements in a single gauge, for example, you can use multiple scales, sliders, pointers, and any other gauge elements. The use of the Instrumentation ModelKit considerably optimizes the development, as the product features automatic layout management system which locates scale elements (ticks, numeric and text labels) automatically subject to elements’ size, position, and value. A new UseRoundValues property in the Ticks and ScaleLabels elements allows the display of round values on the scale in the most convenient manner.
The Instrumentation ModelKit grants a unique ability to design gauges from scratch. So, you can develop non-standard and functionally-unique instruments addressing the needs of specific industries: from aerospace to hydropower. No special designer or programmer skills are required, as a gauge is created visually in the designer. Just a few mouse clicks –and a new instrument is created and can be integrated into your application.
Created gauges can be used for data output as well as data input. So, users can tweak switches, move pointers and slides, etc. You can set intelligent behavior of the gauge controls. For example, you can make them react to alarming data, raising or decreasing events or visually display alerts if the incoming data exceeds predefined ranges.
You can move data from and to PLCs, DCSs, and other control devices. Virtually any hardware device supporting the OPC DA standard may be monitored and managed in your applications by using the DataChannel component which allows you to incorporate your real-time data channels with the OPC industry standard.
The product is a 100% C# component, and it is fully compatible with the .NET Framework 1.1 / 2.0. The Instrumentation ModelKit is easily integrated in Microsoft Visual Studio.Net and other IDEs supporting .NET. Run time of the component is royalty-free.
The Instrumentation ModelKit is a part of the .NET Dashboard Suite that features the DashBoardViewer component allowing the simultaneous use of gauges and charts. The suite is designed for the fast creation of digital dashboards and KPI.
Use the power of the Instrumentation ModelKit to design unique and feature-rich user interfaces which will distinguish your application in a strong competition!
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