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 want to edit in the form editor (Tab Master data > Command group Plot frames / forms > Drop-down button Form > Open > Button [Open]). Or you have opened the plot frame whose properties that you want to edit in the plot frame editor (Tab Master data > Command group Plot frames / forms > Drop-down button Plot frame > Open > Button [Open]).
- You have marked the form in the page navigator and opened the Form properties <Form name> dialog via the popup menu item Properties. Or you have marked the plot frame in the page navigator and opened the Plot frame properties < Plot frame name> dialog via the popup menu item Properties.
- 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.