Piping
The
Piping
category under GeneralEquipment > Pipes
in the Toolbox
contains pipes at a variety of angles, as well as connectors, that are commonly used in a manufacturing system. Use pipes and connectors to show the flow of liquid material within a manufacturing system. To animate the graphic element, bind the built-in animation property of the graphic element to a tag. The value from a controller shows the flow when a certain value in the controller is read.
Built-in animation properties
Built-in animation properties appear under the General category of the Properties window. Specify values for these properties in order to animate the graphic element or change the information the graphic element shows on the HMI device. Not all graphic elements in this category have built-in animation properties.
Name | Category | Purpose | Accepted values |
ShowFlow | General | Specifies the on or off state for flow. |
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Unique properties are properties that not all graphic elements in the
Toolbox
share. Not all graphic elements in this category have the same properties. The unique properties of a graphic element in this category depend on the graphic element selected.
Name | Category | Purpose | Accepted values |
FillColor | Appearance | Specifies the fill color. | Any selected color in the Color Picker or a Hex color value entered manually. The Hex value must be in the format #RRGGBB. R, G, and B are Hex digits from 0 through F and represent the color channel values for red, green, and blue. For example, #ffff00 produces yellow. |
FlowColor | Appearance | Specifies the color of the flow. | Any selected color in the Color Picker or a Hex color value entered manually. The Hex value must be in the format #RRGGBB. R, G, and B are Hex digits from 0 through F and represent the color channel values for red, green, and blue. For example, #ffff00 produces yellow. |
FlowOpacity | Appearance | Specifies the transparency of the flow color. | 0 (fully transparent) - 100 (fully opaque) |
Common properties exist for all graphic elements.
Property | Category | Purpose | Accepted Values |
Access | Security | Specifies if all users have access to the control element, or if access is inherited from the screen. |
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Angle | Position and Size | Specifies the rotation angle. Enter 180 to display the graphic element upside down. If you enter a value larger than 360, the portion of numeric value that is over 360 becomes the value. For example, enter 380 to see a value of 20. If you enter a value less than 0, the negative value is subtracted from 360. For example, enter -30 to see a value of 330. |
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Enabled | Appearance | Specifies if the graphic element is available on the HMI device and if the graphic element accepts touch and key input. |
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Height | Position and Size | Specifies the height in pixels. | Any positive numeric value |
Opacity | Appearance | Specifies the transparency of the graphic element. | 0 (fully transparent) - 100 (fully opaque) |
Visible | Appearance | Specifies if the graphic element is visible on the HMI device. |
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Width | Position and Size | Specifies the width in pixels. | Any positive number |
X | Position and Size | Specifies the horizontal coordinate, in pixels, from the upper left corner of screen to the upper left corner of a graphic element or group with no rotation. If the graphic element or group is rotated, the X property value does not change. | Any positive number |
Y | Position and Size | Specifies the vertical coordinate, in pixels, from the upper left corner of screen to the upper left corner of a graphic element or group with no rotation. If the graphic element or group is rotated, the Y property value does not change. | Any positive number |
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