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Inserting Objects, Symbols, and Images

HMI objects, instances of an HMI symbol or HMI images can be inserted into a page (HMI page or symbol page) by the following methods.

In addition, visualization objects can also be copied and pasted via the clipboard from one HMI page to another page.

Once you have inserted an object, you can resize, move or delete the object or group the object. The properties window provided for an object is used to configure the object, i.e., to define static and dynamic properties.

Further Info
For a description of the available standard HMI objects, refer to the topic "Standard HMI Objects".

Inserting an object, symbol or image by drag and drop

  1. Open the HMI page to be edited by double-clicking it in the PLANT.
  2. In the COMPONENTS area under the 'HMI' category, open the group/folder that contains the object/symbol/image to be inserted.
  3. Drag the object using the mouse into the page and drop it at the desired position. While dragging, the mouse pointer changes as follows:
  4. Edit the object (move, size, rotate, etc.).

    To edit an HMI symbol, an instance of which is inserted, right-click the symbol instance and select 'Go to Symbol Definition' from the context menu. The HMI editor page for the symbol is opened (for details on editing HMI symbols see the topic "Working with User-defined HMI Symbols").

  5. Edit the object properties in the properties window.

    After having inserted a symbol instance into an HMI page, you have to assign each public symbol parameter to an HMI tag. (Otherwise, an error is reported.) See topic "Creating Instances of HMI Symbols / Editing Symbol Parameters" for details.

Inserting a standard HMI object by pick and place (drawing an object)

  1. Open the HMI page to be edited by double-clicking it in the PLANT.
  2. In the COMPONENTS area under the 'HMI' category, open the 'Objects' group.
  3. Select (left-click) the desired HMI object.
  4. Move the cursor into the page. The mouse pointer changes to a cross symbol.
  5. To place the HMI object with the standard size, left-click at the desired position in the HMI page.

    To place (draw) the HMI object with a manually set size, left-click on the start point of the object in the HMI page. Keep the mouse button pressed while moving the mouse until the object has the desired size and then release the mouse button.

  6. Edit the object (move, size, rotate, etc.).
  7. Edit the object properties in the properties window.

Further Info
For information on how to draw and edit a polycurve or polyline path and how to convert an object to a path object, see the topic "Drawing and Editing Paths".