Ladder Diagram Settings

Customize the display settings for Ladder diagrams.
  • Choose to display grids, images, and instance names.
  • Define the colors used to display LD elements and text and define which variable information displays in LD diagrams.
  • Choose the width and height for LD elements in the language container.
Options for customization are:
Block Settings
Display Image
The indication of whether to display block images.
Display Instance Names
The indication of whether to display instance names for function blocks.
Enable EN/ENO
Forces EN and ENO parameters onto all operators, functions, and function blocks.
Function Blocks Background Color
The function block background color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Function Blocks Background Gradient Color
The function block background gradient color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Functions Background Color
The function background gradient color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Functions Background Gradient Color
The function background gradient color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Go to Definition on Double-click
While in design mode, enables going to the definition on double click.
Operators Background Color
The operator background color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Operators Background Gradient Color
The operator background gradient color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Container
Settings
Cell Height
The height of individual cells making up the grid, in pixels.
Cell Width
The width of individual cells making up the grid, in pixels.
Comment text font
The font type for comment text. The definition includes the font name, size, unit of measure, CGI Character Set, GDI Vertical Font, and the indication of whether to apply bold, italic, strikeout, and underline styles.
Display Grid
The indication of whether to display the grid.
Element Height
The height of elements, in grid cells. Basic elements are blocks without inputs or outputs, coils, and contacts. For blocks, each input and output adds a basic element dimension.
Element Width
The width of elements, in grid cells. Basic elements are blocks without inputs or outputs, coils, and contacts. For blocks, each input and output adds a basic element dimension.
Font
The type of font. The definition includes the font name, size, unit of measure, and the indication of whether to apply bold, italic, strikeout, and underline styles. The GDICharSet and GDIVerticalFont properties are not editable.
Rung Line Thickness
The thickness of the rung line. The possible values range from 1.0 to 3.0.
Editor
Settings
Automatically Invoke Variable/Block Selector
Controls whether the Variable or Block Selector is automatically displayed when inserting a variable or block in the language container.
Rung
Settings
Coil Alignment
Indicates whether to align all coils on the rightmost section of the rung.
Comment Background Color
The comment background color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Comment text color
The text color for comments. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Comment text font
The font type for comment text. The definition includes the font name, size, unit of measure, CGI Character Set, GDI Vertical Font, and the indication of whether to apply bold, italic, strikeout, and underline styles.
Display Comment
The indication of whether to display comments for rungs.
Display Label
The indication of whether to display labels for rungs. When not displaying labels, an arrow appears in the leftmost section of the rung indicating the existence of a label.
Label Color
The color for rung labels. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Power Flow False Color
The color displayed when power flow monitoring is false. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Power Flow True Color
The color displayed when power flow monitoring is true.The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Power Rail Color
The color for power rails. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Rung Header Color
The color for rung headers. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Variables
Settings
Text Color
The color of text displayed while in design mode. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Text Color - Online
The color of text displayed while running online. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Transparency
The level of transparency. The possible values range from 0 to 255 where 0 indicates complete transparency.
Variable Background Color
The variable background color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Variable Background Gradient Color
The variable background gradient color. The possible colors are custom, web, and system colors.
Variable Information
The indication of whether to display the variable name only, alias only, name and alias, or name and wiring.
To customize the display settings for LD diagrams
  1. From the
    Tools
     menu, click
    Options
    .
  2. From the
    Options
     dialog box, expand
    IEC
    Languages
    , and then click
    Ladder
    Diagram
    (LD)
    .
Using the available options, customize the required settings, and then click
OK
.
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