Animate a graphic element or screen

Use animation to enhance the graphical representation of the state of a machine or process on the HMI device. Animate screens by binding properties of graphic elements to tags or expressions. As the value of a tag or expression changes, the appearance or behavior of the graphic element changes.

Animate screens by binding properties of graphic elements to tags or expressions so that the appearance or behavior of the graphic elements change as the values of the tag or expression change.

Attach animations to groups of graphic elements and screens as well as to graphic elements and groups in a popup. Attaching an animation to the popup itself is not supported.

Create animations for both the graphic elements within the definition of an Add-On Graphic, as well as instances of an Add-On Graphic.

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provides three methods for configuring animations: