The Assignment: Property / value to graphic form / plot frame property is required to display a specific graphic in the data area for a property that has a specific value.
Preconditions:
- You have opened a project.
- You have opened the form whose properties you would like to edit in the form editor (Utilities > Master data > Form > Open > [Open]). Or you have opened the plot frame, whose properties you would like to edit in the plot frame editor (Utilities > Master data > Plot frame > Open > [Open]).
- You have opened the Form properties - <Form name dialog ( Popup menu > Properties in the form in the navigator dialog Pages - <Project name>). You have opened the Plot frame properties - <Plot frame name dialog ( Popup menu > Properties in the plot frame in the navigator dialog Pages - <Project name>).
- Click [...] in the Value column of the Assignment: Property / value to graphic property in the Form properties - <Form name> / Plot frame properties - <Plot frame name> dialog.
- In the Assignment: Property / value to graphic dialog, click (New), to create a new line in the assignment table.
- In the Category / property field, click [...].
- In the Property selection dialog, select the property to which you want to assign a graphic.
- Click [OK].
- In the Value field, enter the value that the property should have.
- In the Symbol name field, click [...].
- In the Symbol selection dialog, select the symbol whose graphic you want to assign to the property.
- Click [OK].
The associated data is adopted in the Symbol library and Description fields. - In the Symbol variant field, select the desired symbol from the drop-down list of all the existing variants of the current symbol.
- Perform all further assignments in a similar manner.
- Click [OK].
The assignments are saved and can be inserted in the form / plot frame using placeholders.
The assignments are displayed in the Value column of the Form properties - <Form name> / Plot frame properties - <Plot frame name> dialog as follows:
<Property number>;<Category>;<Value>; <Symbol library>;<Symbol number>;<Variant>|
<Property number>;<Category>;<Value>; <Symbol library>;<Symbol number>;<Variant>|...
20400;0;SIE;SPECIAL;310;0|1120;0;A*;IEC_EPLAN_D;7;1
Note:
Take care that only the symbols of the stored symbol libraries are displayed.