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Basic SCADA animation consists of Color Indication, Rotation, Bar (Level), Movement, Text (Data), Opacity (Hide/Show) and etc. Most SCADA applications can be achieved by using these basic animations. Below is a basic SCADA animation that can be easily configured with open source Inkscape+SAGE. More advanced animations are available at this Interactive Real-time Internet SCADA Demo.
Basic SCADA Animation Mimic
SAGE (SCADA Animation Graphic Editor) is a modified interface for Inkscape. After completed with graphics, the next task is to attach animations to them accordingly. This can be done by editing the object properties. Open object properties by highlighting the object, and right click then click on Object Properties. Alternatively, user can highlight the object and press CTRL + SHIFT + O to open up Object Properties window.
Right click to open object properties