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and Toolbars Toolbars 4–2 S S The ScreenMenu ScreenCreator Menus creen >O creen >N The MenusandToolbars ew pen... screen. andopensanewUntitled creates no screenisopen. rightisavailableif far menuonthe Screen Thesmall open. when ascreenis isavailable right onthe menu near The large Screen is shownbelowthemenucommand. theScreenmenucommandcanalsobecalled by a Standard ToolbarIf tool,thetool deletingscreens,aswellprinting ascreenandeditingallcolors. or Screenmenucontainscommandsforcreatinganewscreen,opening,closing The and openascreen. allowingyoutoselect box, calls the the oppositeof the Selecting SimpleDisplayis icons. and onlyshowsthescreen WindowsOpenboxes other Open Screen Details dialog in The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 3 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The brings up brings Select... Clicking Clicking does just that, closes the selected screen. does just that, closes the selected with any changes you may have made. simply saves the current screen, The Preview function can be The Preview function the very for selecting useful of right screen. All screens the shown. current project are the normal Windows Select the normal Windows Folder box. ose pen... ave creen > Cl creen > S creen > O creen > S S S Menus The Menus and
and Toolbars Toolbars 4 – 4 Edited Part S S Edited Part S S Screen... creen >Sa creen >Cl creen >D creen >SaveA The MenusandToolbars elete ose ve s... registration number). registration a under different or adifferentname (under save thecurrentscreen dialog box,allowingyouto calls the only whenapartisbeing editedandthatpartwindowisselected. thepartbeing edited.ClickingtheSavetooldoesthisaswell,ofcourse,but saves corner oftheeditedpartwindowismuchquicker! You willprobablyneverusethiscommand, sinceclickingthe box (fordeletingascreen). brings uptheSelectScreen willnotbecompiledandthereforethescreencannotdownloaded! screen NOTE: downloaded. cannotbe screens however,aware, thatthose addresses toPLC withoutassigning screens and creating saving be deselectedtoallow Compile WhenSaving can WhentheCompileSavingoptionisdeselected,partson Save Screen parts. Be X ontheupperright The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 5 – X 4 Thebe size of the part can specified precisely above. The Menus and Toolbars Menus The . number) can be Restore the default color file and a text (*.txt) file. If “Output to Printer” is selected, it will also print the file and a text (*.txt) file. If “Output number in the screen will be changed. To number in the screen will be changed. changed by selecting then moving the changed by selecting then blue/red/green of the dials. Every occurrence color select the color restore the default color, number click and Individual colors (identified by in the upper right corner of the ScreenCreator window is the same as the Exit in the upper right corner of the ScreenCreator window is the command. Finally, the Exit command, which closes ScreenCreator altogether after prompting the Exit command, which closes ScreenCreator altogether Finally, the screens or components that are being modified. Clicking the user to save any When selected, the Print Screen box appears. The command outputs a bitmap (*.bmp) files. If left. If appears, below Screen Colors box being edited, the contents are no part’s the below right, Properties box, edited, the Part a part are being contents of appears,be specified. of the part to background color the size and allowing it creen > Ex creen > Print creen > of roperties S S Screen... S P or Edited Screen Part... Menus The Menus and
and Toolbars Toolbars 4 – 6 L C The CreateMenu ine reate >Straight The MenusandToolbars understand thedetails ofhowtheywork. understand gridortotheXY axis. Itisbesttoexperimentwiththevarioustools the NOTE: just likeclickingthepointertoolbelow. Select Mode,whichreturnsthepointer Drawingtoolsfirst,beginningwith the the The Createmenu,ontheright,features The Createmenuisonlyavailablewhenascreenorpartopen. belowthecommand. margin andParts.Thetoolthatduplicatesthecommandisshowninleft-hand Controls Create menucontainscommandsforcreatingDrawingObjects(orFigures), The panel. what Tools >View toseemoreaccurately issethigherthan100%.Click Zoom linemaynotappeardottedifthe the Note: pointerafterfirstclicking). the onwhichdirectionyoumove (based thelinehorizontalorvertical make key whileclickinganddrawingto drawing aline.HolddowntheShift becomesacross-hair pointer for opens theStraightLineboxand drawing object. click, anyofthedrawingfunctions below,For will actuallybedisplayedonthe Whencreatingdottedlines, hold anddragtocreatethespecific HoldingdowntheShiftkeywhiledrawinganyFigure willcauseittosnap angles andlengthofthearrow(s). position (left/right/both), arrow The Arrowoptionsdetermine The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 7 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The Line and the Spline may be done in such a way Line and the Spline may be done Square, hold down Line box and the becomes a cross-hair for a cross-hair becomes Both the Continuous Straight WhenKey (Ctrl) during clicking ON, holding down the Control the Snap to Grid is (See point. grid circle to snap to the nearest cause the center of the will below.) Circle/Ellipse opens the Arc box and the Arc box and opens the pointer down an Arc. Holding drawing the Shift key will cause the initial a Circle and the to be Ellipse points of the beginning and end Arc to fit the X or Y axis. opens the Continuous Straight a pointer becomes drawing cross-hair for connectedEach lines. click of the mouse ends and one connected line begins another. Double-click to stop. opens the Rectangle box and the pointer becomes a cross-haira for drawing clicking, rectangle by and dragging. To holding create a the Shift key at anytime dragging. while NOTE: that area or areas. Select Fill to experiment. a color could fill a resulting box opens the Spline and the pointer becomes a cross-hair for drawing a continuous curved line. Each click begins a new curve. Double-click to stop. ectangle rc pline ntinuous reate > R reate > S reate > reate > A reate > Straight Line C C Co C C Menus The Menus and
and Toolbars Toolbars 4 – 8 C C Circle/E C Parallelog C reate >Tex reate >F reate > reate > llipse The MenusandToolbars ram ill t you wanttofill. objectareaorscreen the color. Double-clickinside screenwiththespecified or forfillinganyobject symbol becomesamouse pointer opens theFillboxand left mousebutton. left release it drawing thefirstlinethen Shift keydownwhile the orvertical,hold horizontal position thefigure drawing a across-hairfor becomes box andthe pointer opens theParallelogram entered ontothescreen. entered for placinganytext symbol becomesamouse pointer theTextopens boxandthe dragging. key atanytimewhile Circle, holddowntheShift Todragging. createa clicking, holdingand drawing anellipseby across-hairfor becomes box andthe pointer opens the Circle/Ellipse after releasingthe parallelogram. To (See Arcabove.) ofcenter (Ctrl) duringclickingwillcausethe Key Control theSnaptoGridisON,holdingdown When the circletosnapnearestgridpoint. The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 9 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The replaces all makes all makes which are not black with which are not black opens the Line Scale box for specifying the number of lines and X or Y direction. After clicking Create, the Straight Line a box appears and the pointer becomes cross-hairthe onto for sizing the scale screen. opens the Circular Scale box for specifying the number of lines. After clicking Create, the Straight Line box appears a and the pointer becomes cross-hairthe for sizing the scale onto screen. opens the Texture and box opens the Texture a the pointer becomes placing mouse symbol for any texture selected onto the screen. opens the Bitmap box and Bitmap box opens the a the pointer becomes placing mouse symbol for selected onto any bitmap the screen. Color Convert bits the chosen. color Transparent black bits transparent, so black bits transparent, any filled color underneath shows through. acros > acros > itmap exture shaped – reate > M ircular Scale... reate > M reate > T reate > B ine Scale... C C C C C L The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 10 Switch... P P C P C C C C Menu found inCreate Drawing Tools not arts... ushbutton/ olygon... reate > reate >C ontrols... reate > reate >M The MenusandToolbars ontrols > acros > screen. cross-hair andthepointerbecomesa appears Create, ofcorners.Afterpressing number opens Select Partdialogbox,with thatspecifictypeofpartselected. Display belowservesasanexample ofhowalltheotheritemsworkinopening The Create>Partssub-menu lististhesameasPartToolbar. The Numerical control. dialog boxforsettingupthe opens thePushbutton/Switch andhadclosedtheTextitems boxbutwantedtoaddanotherpieceoftext when Create window also). ThelasttoolistheSetAttributetool,whichrecallsaclosed wanttomoveafigurewhichisverycloseby(sothepartdoesnotgetmoved you PartsandControls,inthatorder.Figures, You maydeselecttheSelectParttoolif do nothaveacorrespondingmenucommand.Thefirstthreeareusedtoselect There opening theirrespectivedialogboxes. belowservesasanexampleofhowallthe otheritemswork, in Pushbutton/Switch The Create>Controlssub-menulistis the same as the Control Toolbar. The SelectionModetool(thepointer)andthenclicktheTextthe toolagain. the SetAttributetoolandText boxreturns.Otherwise,youwouldhavetoclick the createtoolisstillselected.Forexample,ifyouwerecreatingmultipletext are fourtoolsintheDrawingT the Polygonboxforspecifying the ContinuousStraightLine box for sizingthepolygononto oolbar worth mentioningseparately, since they –– click The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 11 – 4 Program The Menus and Toolbars Menus The Operation Parameter Move to Back Attribute/ Properties Move to Move Front Edit Corner Refresh Screen Redo Undo Paste Copy Cut Much like the Create menu, the Edit menu contains commands for editing Figures Controls (or Drawing Objects), and Some of these commands are Parts. duplicated by a tool in the Standard shown below. Toolbar, when a The Edit menu is only available screen or part is open. opens the Select opens the Partdialog box with Numerical Displays selected. arts > reate > P umerical N The Edit Menu The Displays... C The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 12 E E Figures Duplicating E E E dit >P dit >C dit >Cut dit >R >U dit aste opy edo ndo The MenusandToolbars used tocopyacomponentfromscreenorwindowtheclipboard.SeePaste. See Paste. used toremoveacomponentfromscreenorwindowandstoreitintheclipboard. operations. used tocancelthemostrecentUndo.Thisfunctioniseffective forthelast16Undo used to Copy. used toPastethecontents oftheclipboardtoascreenorwindow. See Cutand beforeduplicating. settings Be suretohavethepropergrid thenewcopyandrelease. for tothedesiredlocation pointer both whileyoumovethe button key andthemouse Control isshown.Hold the pointer oncethefourarrow button down andclicktheleftmouse HoldtheControl key duplicate. thatyouwant object) to Select anyFigure(drawing Another CopyTip: paste asifthepartswereonsamescreen. Nowyoucanaccessmultiplescreensatthesametimeandcut/copy screen. a secondtime( in different Tip: You cancopy/cutandpastefromonescreentoanotherevenifthescreensare Undo thelastoperation.Thisfunctioniseffective forthelast16operations. projects. WithoneprojectopeninScreenCreator, launchScreenCreator don SeethediscussionbelowtoquicklyduplicateFigures. ’ t closethefirstsession! ) and openthesecond projectand ) The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 13 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The the back with respect to other items on also be done by holding the not the same as Cut, since deleted items cannot be brought back by the Paste be brought back items cannot since deleted Cut, as same the not moves the selected figure or component to the front with respect to other items on on the screen. the screen. This does not apply to parts since parts cannot overlap moves figure or component to the selected the screen. This does not apply to parts. rotates the selected item clockwise by the degrees chosen. deletes the selected item. Pressing the Delete key does the same thing. key does Pressing the Delete selected item. deletes the This is can still Undo. you accidentally, delete function! If You including parts, or window, components on the current screen Selects all of the textures, text, and drawing objects. any visible distortions. screen to be re-drawn, restoring causes the current Line or Spline to be moved without corners of the selected Continuous the allows moving the entire object. if a part is selected or the Attributes box if a brings up the Part Properties box component, figure or texture is selected. same thing, but it is not always easy to click an Double-clicking the item does the item near it. without moving it or something brings up the Editing Part Contents on the far right. window This can pointer on or near the part name and pointer on or near the part name is double-clicking when the pointer as shown on the right. ll utes er resh ange ange elete dit irror > Rotate ack dit > Rotate or dit > Ch dit > Ch dit > E dit > Attrib dit > Corn dit > Ref dit > Select A dit > D ront E E 90/180/270 deg. E E E E Contents of Part E E and Properties... E M Order > Move to B Order > Move to F The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 14 O E M M Parameter... E Mirror E Texture E Mirror E B Expansion >Part S Expansion > dit >Edit dit >Tex elected Texture dit >Tex dit >Rotateor >Rotateor dit ackground peration irror >V irror >H The MenusandToolbars ertical ture ture orizontal illustrate theeffect.illustrate on theright.Bothareshownto original item(left)becomesthe image asshownontheright.The theselecteditem into its turns mirror edited. being arecontents part whose box of the Parameter Operation opens the ofthepartbeingedited. texture thedrawingobjects(lines,squares,etc.)whichmakeupbackground ungroups texture. thedrawingobjects(lines,squares,etc.)whichmakeupselected ungroups theeffect.illustrate on thebottom.Bothareshownto original item(top)becomesthe image asshownontheright.The theselecteditem into its turns mirror The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 15 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The exture window and are only available when a when are only available New Library T is ready for any Drawing Objects (or Figures) to be added. opens a New Library Part window and is readycontrols for any components and to be added. opens a The Library menu, on the right, has right, the menu, on The Library commands related to Library Parts Some of the Textures. and commands library open. part is ew > ew > art ibrary > N ibrary > N exture T L P The Library Menu The L The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 16 T L P L L exture... ibrary >O ibrary >C ibrary >O art... The MenusandToolbars lose pen > pen > edit. Part Library to selectingthe for Open brings upthe closes theselectedlibrarypartortexture. Library Texture toedit. selecting the window for opens theOpen Texture Part window The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 17 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The ither the Properties of Library Part or Texture window for viewing or editing. window or Texture ither the Properties of Library Part brings up either the Print Library Part or Texture dialog box. Part or Texture brings up either the Print Library In printing a Library Part, the options are as follows: * Part Background to a Bitmap File File * Information selected to a Text * All of the selections to the printer opens e brings up the Save Part window or Save Texture window, depending on which is on which depending window, Texture window or Save the Save Part brings up being edited. ave As... roperties of ibrary > Print ibrary Member... ibrary > ibrary > S ibrary > L P L L Library Member... L The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 18 B T L P L Library... from Screento L E E E L exture... ibrary >Addfrom ibrary >A ibrary >Addfrom ibrary >Addfrom xternal File> xternal File> art... xternal File> itmap... The MenusandToolbars dd Part opens SavePartdialogbox(justlike opens file, thenclick Click awindowsfolder.from existing Library an ScreenCreator into your import dialog boxallowingyouto brings uptheAddBitmap Click file) fromanotherLibraryfolder. ScreenCreator allowing youtoimportintoyour opens theAddTexturebox dialog click Click file)fromanotherLibraryfolder.(*.apt Libraryfolderapart ScreenCreator allowing youto importintoyour brings uptheAdd Part dialog box library click Add Add Select Select Select part directly,part thisallowsyoutosaveapartthathaveeditedonthescreen. bitmap (*.bmpfile) . . andlocatethe andlocatethefile,then andlocatethefile,then Add Library atexture(*.tex . Save As... does).Incaseyouforgottoedita The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 19 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The box for making opens the Maintenance of Bitmap box for making changes to dialog Bitmapsof and Classes (like folders bitmaps). brings up the Maintenance of dialog Texture and changes to Textures of Classes (like folders textures). opens the Maintenance of Maintenance opens the Partmaking for dialog box changes and to Parts of (like folders Classes parts). aintenance > aintenance > aintenance > aintenance itmap... art... ibrary > ibrary > ibrary > exture... L M M M B T P L L The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 20 T T The Tools Menu ools >O >D ools The MenusandToolbars isplay... ptions... inside boxes for creatingboxes Grid Offset, useful brings uptheOptionsdialogboxbelow. opens theDisplaydialogboxbelow. Toolbar.Standard thatdoesnothaveatoolinthe four boxes. dialogView istheonlyonof Display, Option,BrowseListandView The Tool menu,ontheright,accesses Grid Lines Icon Sizes Part andComponent Snap toGrid Choices Toolbar Options Command Screen for Ruler Options Viewing Zoom The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 21 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The the Browse List box below. If an open screen is selected, the list will consist selected, the list open screen is If an List box below. the Browse Touch panel type. Touch Select Part, Select Control, Fig- ure, Bitmap or Texture brings up the View on the right for window verifyingproper the Direct of being edited) contents are of a part (whose objects. If the window only the screen part. of that only the components the list will have is selected, opens rowse List... iew... ools > ools > V B T T The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 22 The ProjectMenu The WindowMenu The MenusandToolbars arranges anyminimizedwindows. arranges Screen to Upload, Restore,CopyandDelete. youcanselectare:New,items Open, open.Ifnoprojectis open, theonly is selectable whenaproject item menu deleting otherprojects.Ithasevery andcreating,openingor project foreditingthecurrent commands The Projectmenucontains The zooming itself.Itistypicallyusedafter screen window of Size Window toScreen Horizontal Tile ( commands thestandardwindow contains The Windowmenu,ontheright, Arrange Icons from 100%to150/200%size. and the selected screen tofitthe selected the Cascade ) aswell Arrange Icons command simply command , Vertical Tile Size W causes the . indow and hidden behindanother. anopenwindow thatmaybe selecting textures.Thisprovidesameansof or windows, includinganyparts,screens listofcurrentlyopen numbered ontheWindow menu Last is the The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 23 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The dialog box. Open Create New Project Properties Create New If you want to Open more than one project at the same time, start If you want to Open more than one project at the same dialog box, NOTE: ScreenCreator exiting the first session) and again (launch another session without text, etc. open another project. This allows you to copy and paste parts, screens, calls the Project to you allowing open select and another project. open more To than one project at a time, see the note below. opens the opens the pen ew roject > O roject > N roject > P P The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 24 P P Project... P P roject >Pr roperties... roject > roject >C The MenusandToolbars lose int protocol, etc. protocol, opens the does justthat,closesthecurrentproject. opens to aprinterand/ortofile. to the Print Project Project Properties dialogboxforchoosingvariousprojectreportdatatooutput dialogbox,whichcontainsthe panel type, PLC The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 25 – 4 compiling of – The Menus and Toolbars Menus The dialog box for viewing the registered screens, text and registered screens, for viewing the dialog box dialog box, which not only provides download and build dialog box, which not only provides llows the user to specify future upload edits and re llows the user to specify future upload the current project. Note: these items cannot be edited from this window. be edited from these items cannot project. Note: the current Project Register Download/Build the End as shown on the right. Note: If you want to allow the project be uploaded from to the panel, check the Upload Enable box before downloading. the status line on the Watch Upload/Download window to seeThe the Download process. normal status messages are: Download started, User data is being User data is deleted, User being transmitted, and data transmission finished. Whendownload is done, the click textures of textures of opens a also functions, but opens the all screens prior to downloading. all ister... ownload/Build... roject > roject > Reg P P D The Menus and Menus 4 and Toolbars Toolbars – 26 A T U P P P P Uploaded Project... D P Project... R P P P ext... roject >C roject >R roject >B roject >Edit roject >New roject >U roject >U roject >U ddress... ownload estore Uploaded pload... The MenusandToolbars pload > opy... estore... ackup... pload > pload > opens the brings up upmaybelaterrestored. backed which to brings up belistedintheEditAddress window.not Ifascreenhasnotbeen command. ofpartsonscreenswhichhave been addresses built using the Download/Build opens thedialogboxwithsamename.ThisgivesquickaccesstoallPLC toolforselectingotherregisteredtext. Open opens that waspreviouslydownloadedtothepanelwith uploaded been opens opens Enable the previousversionoftheproject. the beingdeveloped. Thenaschangesareabandoned,theuser canreturn toproject copy brings upthe musthavefirstbeenbackedup. restored from theprojectfileandstoresnewin theSCfolder. Theprojecttobe fromabackupfile(.pro.).Theprojectrestorefunctionrebuilds theproject restore thereisnothingtobuildbecausetheuploadedprojecthasbeencompiled. except and anameforthenewproject. Thismaybeusedtocreatemajorversionsof a the the dialogboxwithsamename.Thiscanonlybeusedwhenaprojecthas the dialogboxwithsamename.Thisworksjustlikenormaldownloading ’ . store acopyofthecurrentprojectfile(.pro).Only projectwhichhasbeen the the NewText Upload Restore Project Backup Project Copy Project dialogboxforuploadingaprojectintoScreenCreator. dialogboxforenteringnewtexttoberegistered.Italsohasthe dialogboxandprompts theusertoselectaproject dialogboxandpromptstheusertoselectaproject to dialogboxandpromptstheusertoselectafolder in “ built ” , anyPLCaddressesonthatscreenwill ’ Upload Edit The Menus and Menus Toolbars and Toolbars 27 – 4 The Menus and Toolbars Menus The About and box to select a project to delete. a project to box to select Use this function very . Help Index Delete Project brings up the brings up standard Windows Application Help box. carefully. on the right, The Window menu, contains the opens the opens the opens the Version Information box. ScreenCreator elete... elp > bout elp > elp Index... roject > D roject > A ScreenCreator... H H H The Help Menu The P