5. Creation of pages
Position, alignment and grid
Drawing pin function
This function allows to lock the object position in the windows while allowing access to the object's properties.
Alignment
Objects can be aligned
- at the left, at the right,
- at the top and at the bottom with reference to the first object selected.
Grid
To easily place objects on the screen, a grid can be actived by "View/
Grid" menu. On its configuration window the grid can be masked and disabled.
The default grid dimensions are the size of the tactile zones of touch screen terminals.
B - 16
Short cut keys
Arrows : move objects by using magnetic grid,
ALT + arrows : move object without magnetic grid,
SHIFT + arrows : dimension object by using magnetic grid,
ALT + SHIFT + arrows : dimension object without magnetic grid.
Graphic Magelis
5. Creation of pages
Animating objects
Certain static objects (i.e., text, etc.) can be animated. Animation consists of making an object's color attributes change as a function of the value of an associated PLC variable. This variable must be declared when configuring the object (i.e., 40100). The basic principle consists of drawing up a list of possible values and, for each value, assigning a color to the animated object.
WARNING
UNINTENTIONAL EQUIPMENT OPERATION
Terminals with tactile keys : only one object must be placed under each tactile key to be sure that the object is selected.
Failure to follow this instruction can result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.
B
NOTE Case of terminals with tactile keys :
- do not move the gray zone representing the tactile keys (loss of the reference),
- place only one object under each gray zone representing the tactile keys position,
- for positioning an object under a tactile key, put off the magnetic grid (select grid in the menu view).
Tool palette
To configure a tool onto a page, select the tool on the tool palette and drag the cursor to the desired application page location. Click on the mouse button, drag and highlight the desired object window size, and release the mouse button. To define an tool's properties, double click the object.
The next page presents the different objects:
- Static object: S
- Animated object: A
- Dynamic object: D (this object shows the change in a variable in alphanumeric form or a graph)
- Dynamic object M (this object allows the modification of a variable from an alphanumeric or graphic form.)
Graphic Magelis
B - 17
