Step-by-step Guide
In InfoWorks WS Pro, customizable themes enhance the visibility of results and other model data displayed on a GeoPlan. This example creates a theme to observe pressure at customer points throughout a simulation period.
First, open some simulation results:
- In the Model Group, under Run Group expand BridgeTown Base.
- Double-click BridgeCon.
- In the Docking windows toolbar, click Thematic Key window.
- From the Thematic Key, double-click Customer Point.

- In the Customer Point theme editor, manager pane, select each sub-theme to see the rules already applied.
For this example, disable the CustomerDemand and CustomerType sub-themes:
- From the manager pane, select CustomerDemand.
- In the toolbar, select Enable/Disable.
- Select Customer Type.
- Select Enable/Disable.

Now, create a new sub-theme:
- In the toolbar, select Add new.
- In the Name field, enter a descriptive name, such as “Pressure”.
- Expand the Field drop-down.
- Select sim.pressure (Pressure), which is a time varying value.

- Keep the Range set to Continuous.
To edit the range values:
- In the Ranged Themes table, Fix column, select Toggle All for the second value.
- Select Toggle All for the third value.
- In the Value (m) column, for this example, set the first value to “0”.
- Set the last value to “25”.

To create a more granular range between 0 and 25:
- In the Value (m) column, select the 0 cell.
- Next to Value Count, click the plus (+) button to set the value to 9.

To change how the values are calculated:
- In the Ranged Themes table, Value (m) column, click AutoScale to cycle through distribution options.
- Set the distribution type to Log.

To update the colors assigned to each value:
- Click the Auto-Theme column header to cycle through automatic themes.
- OR to manually assign colors, expand the color drop-down for each value and select a color.

To apply other properties to the sub-theme:
- In the Properties list, select Circles.
The Ranged Themes table updates with a new column.
- In the Circles column, for one of the values, expand the drop-down and select 4.
The preview displays the updated value style with concentric circles.
- Optional: Assign circles to other values.

- Click OK.
- In the Properties and Themes dialog box, click OK.
- From the toolbar, select Play.
- Click through the timeline to see how the pressure changes over time.
