2D Graphics Global Attributes

2D Graphics attributes at the scenario and local levels enable you to select what to view and how to view it in the 2D Graphics window. The attributes fall into three categories:

Global - You can (or, in some cases, must) set these at the scenario level for all objects. You can override some global settings locally for specific objects.

Overridable - You can choose to have individual objects inherit these from the scenario or you can override these options in the object's properties. By definition, overridable attributes are global.

Local - You can only set these in the object's properties. See 2D Graphics Object Properties.

This topic describes using the scenario's 2D Graphics - Global Attributes properties page, which enables you to select global attributes that control what you view generally for STK objects in the 2D Graphics window. Display options take the form of check boxes that enable you choose whether or not STK displays a given attribute in the 2D Graphics window.

Overridable display options

The overridable options appear in the following table. You can set them on the scenario's 2D Graphics - Global Attributes page. You can choose to have objects inherit these settings or you can override these options in the object's properties.

Category	Option	Description
General	Show Labels	If selected, objects appear in the 2D Graphics window with text labels.
Sensors	Show Sensors	If selected, sensor projections appear in the 2D Graphics window.
	Sensors also have some local options.
Vehicles	Show Ground Tracks / Routes	If selected, ground tracks or routes appear. "Ground Tracks" apply to satellites, launch vehicles, and missiles. "Routes" apply to ships, aircraft, and ground vehicles.
	Show Orbits / Trajectories	This option affects only the perspective and orthographic map projections. If selected, satellite orbit tracks and launch vehicle and missile trajectories appear. This setting applies to satellites, launch vehicles, and missiles only.
	Show Ground Markers / Route Marker	If selected, the marker for a vehicle appears. "Ground Markers" apply to satellites, launch vehicles, missiles, ships, aircraft, and ground vehicles. "Route Marker" is the local name of the field for ships, aircraft, and ground vehicles.
	Show Orbit Markers / Trajectory Marker	This option affects only the perspective and orthographic map projections. If selected, the markers for satellites, launch vehicles, and missile trajectories appear. "Orbit Markers" refers to satellites, launch vehicles, and missiles. "Trajectory Marker" is the local name of the field for launch vehicles and missiles.
	Show Elset Number	This applies only to SGP4 satellites with two or more two-line element sets. If selected, element set numbers for the satellites appear.
Area Targets	Show Centroids	If selected, the area target's centroid appears in the 2D Graphics window.
	Area targets also have some local options.
Planets	Show Orbits	This option affects only the perspective and orthographic map projections. If selected, planet orbit tracks appear.
	Show Inertial Positions	This option affects only the perspective and orthographic map projections. If selected, the position of the planet appears in the 2D Graphics window in the Central Body Inertial (CBI) coordinate frame.
	Show Position Labels	If selected, planet labels appear in the 2D Graphics window.
	Show Subplanet Points	If selected, the point directly below the planet appears in the 2D Graphics window.
	Show Subplanet Labels	If selected, a label appears at the location of each subplanet point in the 2D Graphics window.
	Planets also have some local options.

Other global display options

You can only set the following options at the scenario level; you cannot override them locally (in object properties).

Category	Option	Description
Access	Static Highlight	If selected, access is highlighted in the 2D Graphics window as a thick line overlaying the ground tracks for a vehicle or a vehicle sensor and as an X for a facility, place, target, or a sensor that is attached to a facility, place, or target.
	Animate Highlight	If selected, a box appears around each object during access.
	Show Animate Line	If selected, a line appears on the 2D and 3D Graphics windows between the two access objects to show during animation when they are accessible to one another. Use the Line Style drop-down to select the style of the Animate Line. Use the Line Width drop-down to select the width of the Animate Line.
Map Display Options	Allow Animate Update	If selected, STK runs an animation cycle for the current time after you click Apply or OK on any STK property page so that time-dependent graphics are immediately updated. Otherwise, you must click Reset () on the Animation toolbar to update time-dependent graphics displays such as sensor fields of view.

If you select the Allow Animate Update option and the scenario contains many objects, the time it takes to update the 2D Graphics window may impact your work since all objects are reanimated for the current scenario time. In this case, consider clearing the Allow Animate Update check box.