Navigate the interface

The
Library Designer
 interface is organized into a three-pane display composed of two panels with toolbars and object trees and a third panel that contains object decorations (properties and parameters).
Library Designer
This table describes the regions and controls on the
Library Designer
 interface.
Interface element
Description
1
Selected Objects toolbar
The Selected Objects toolbar has three elements:
  • Show/Hide Decorated Elements
    : Toggles the display of items in the
    Selected Objects
     tree view that are associated with a library object. The default for these items is to display as blue or green. Click once to hide them and again to restore the display.
  • Add selected elements to a Library
    : Opens the
    Assign to/Create New
     window for the selected element. This is one of three ways an item in the
    Selected Objects
     tree view may be moved to the library objects column.
  • INCLUSIONS
    : Select whether child elements or dependencies (elements referenced by the selected element) are included when the selected item is added to a new or existing library object. Also used to determine whether the
    Library Designer
     will restrict items to a single library object or allow them to be associated with multiple library objects. Active Container Mode is also available.
2
Selected Objects tree view
The
Selected Objects
 tree view follows the structure of the
Controller Organizer
 view or the
Logical Organizer
 view in
Studio 5000 Logix Designer®
. The display varies depending on the item selected when the
Library Designer
 was opened. It includes the object or objects that were selected and all referenced elements from the Project.
An object may be associated with one or many library objects, depending on the ownership settings for the project. For example, an Add-On Instruction may be associated with both a valve library object and a motor library object.
Click Expand to the left of an item in the tree to display the elements that are contained within it. Click Collapse to collapse the item.
Objects are color-coded to indicate whether all, some, or none of the associations from the initial instance in
Studio 5000 Logix Designer
 have been replicated in the library objects added in
Library Designer
.
  • Green. Objects that are fully associated within the
    Library Designer
    .
  • Blue. Objects where some, but not all, of the associations have been replicated.
  • Black. Objects that have no associations.
3
Library Objects toolbar
The
Library Objects
 toolbar has five elements:
  • Create a New Library
    : Opens the
    Assign to/Create New
     window to create an empty library object.
  • Delete Selected Objects
    : Deletes the selected library objects.
  • TOOLS
    : Selects to perform different actions to library objects.
  • Show/Hide dependencies for all libraries
    : Selects to display or hide the dependent objects.
  • Validate Libraries
    : Selects to check validation problems. This button is disabled if changes are not applied.
  • Move up
     and
    Move down
    : Orders the libraries in the
    Library Objects
     tree. The order is limited to the object type, for example, project, controller, or Logix library.
  • Alphabetical
    : Sorts the libraries alphabetically.
4
Library Objects tree view
This column displays a tree view of all library objects included in the current project or ACD file.
Library objects are structured in a three-level hierarchy:
Project library object
Controller library object
Logix Object library objects: Tasks, Programs, Modules
A project can include project library objects, controller library objects, and multiple Logix object library objects. Library objects have a three-level structure:
Catalog Number
Library Content Folder
Controller Tags Tasks
Motion Groups
Add-On Instructions Data Types
I/O Configuration
The structure contained in each library object matches the structure of a project created in the
Studio 5000 Logix Designer
 application, and all elements included in the library object are placed at the appropriate location in the project hierarchy. This makes it possible for the library object of a valve that is dependent on controller tags, Add-On Instructions, and data types to include all of these required elements when it is instantiated in an
Application Code Manager
 project.
The color of the text in the tree denotes whether the element is included in the library.
  • Black. Dependent elements included in the library.
  • Gray. Dependent elements that are not included in the library.
5
The decorator panel becomes active when an element within a library object is selected. The decorator panel displays the fields and functions available to add, modify, or delete decoration. The display changes based on the currently selected element and its location within the library object structure.
Settings that can be edited display with white backgrounds. Settings that are locked for editing appear dimmed. Settings that can accept calculated values are followed by the ellipsis (...) button. Clicking this button opens the Expression Builder.
6
Commands
The
Library Designer
 uses standard commands:
  • OK
    : Closes the
    Library Designer
     and saves all changes that have been made since the program was opened.
  • Cancel
    : Closes the
    Library Designer
     without saving the changes.
  • Apply
    : Updates all library objects in the
    Selected Libraries
     columns with the most recent changes applied in the decorator panel. It does not close the program.
  • Help
    : Displays the help menu.
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