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DMS 4.1 EN 03/2011 TD29 797
13.18 Visualization Editor
The visualization editor - used to program a visualization object - is available via the
'Visualization Editor' plug-in. See Visualization for the preconditions and an overview
on the Visualization in »PLC Designer« V3.x.
The visualization editor will be opened if you are going to edit a visualization object,
which has been added to the POUs or Devices window by the 'Add Object' command.
The editor window will be titled " <visualization name>[<object path>]".
There are the following additional tools and editors, to be used in combination with
the Visualization editor for creating a visualization:
1. The visualization ToolBox which contains all currently available visualization
elements.
2. The Visual Element Properties editor, containing the properties of the visualization
element which is currently selected in the editor window.
If at least one of the following editors is activated via the respective command (per
default in the Visualization menu), the Visualization Editor will get bipartite and
provides the respective tabs in the upper part:
1. The Interface Editor for defining placeholders. If the visualization is intended to be
inserted in another visualization.
2. The Hotkeys Configuration Editor for assigning actions to keys resp. key
combinations. Regard however that the device using the visualization must
support the respective keys.
3. The Element List Editor, providing an overview on all elements of the current
visualization and allowing selection, deletion and changing element position from
back to front and vice versa.
Please note: For working with visualizations in the programming system the current
settings in the Options dialog, category Visualization are valid. For example a grid can
be applied to the editor window.
Note: In visualizations associated to a device there might be device-depending
restrictions concerning the configuration possibilities (for example: list of available
elements, fonts, colors, image formats, max. number of visualization elements in a
visualization, max. number of visualizations below the device).
As soon as an element has been inserted in the visualization editor, it can be selected
and modified concerning position and size by drag&drop mouse-actions and
concerning alignment and order via the respective commands provided with the
Visualization Editor.
Further configuration options depend on the type of the element. All element
attributes are displayed in the Visual Element Properties view and can be edited there.