Tanks
The
Tanks
category under GeneralEquipment > TanksAndContainers
in the Toolbox
contains tanks, silos, boilers, and cooling tanks commonly used in a manufacturing system. Use a tank or cooling tower to depict products or ingredients housed in a manufacturing system. If you place a tank or other graphic element on the screen that depicts fill level, change the built-in animation properties for the graphic element.
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 every graphic element in this category has built-in animation properties. The built-in animation properties for a graphic element depend on the graphic element selected.
Name | Category | Purpose | Accepted values |
Level | General | Specifies the value for the fill level. | Bound tag |
MaxLevel | General | Specifies the value for the maximum fill level. | Any numeric value greater than the MinLevel property value |
MinLevel | General | Specifies the value for the minimum fill level. | Any numeric value less than the MaxLevel property value |
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 for 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. |
JacketColor | Appearance | Specifies the color of the tank jacket. | 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. |
LevelColor | Appearance | Specifies the color of the fill level. | 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. |
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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