Manage Industrial Graphics

Industrial Graphics are graphics you can create to visualize data in an HMI/SCADA system.

You use the Industrial Graphic Editor to create Industrial Graphics from basic elements, such as rectangles, lines, and text elements. You can also use the Industrial Graphic Editor to embed and configure an Industrial Graphic from the Graphic Toolbox library of graphics.

The Industrial Graphic Editor supports import of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as Industrial Graphics. You can perform the following:

• Import an SVG into the Industrial Graphic Editor. The graphic elements automatically get converted to an Industrial Graphic, which can include many primitives.

• Insert the SVG while using the Image icon from the Tools panel of the Industrial Graphic Editor.

• Use SVG for the UpImage and DownImage on a button.

• Use SVG for the Quality & Status display icons under Styles configuration.

For more information on importing SVG and SVG limitations, refer to the "Importing of SVG as an Industrial Graphic" section of the Industrial Graphic Editor help.

After you create an Industrial Graphic, you can embed it into another graphic or an HMI system window and use it at run time.

You can embed an industrial graphic in a template or instance of an object providing several ways to visualize object-specific information quickly and easily. Embedding a graphic in a template means that you can update one graphic and cascade the changes throughout your application.

Depending on your development requirements, you can select where and how to store industrial graphics.

• Create and store graphics as a standard set that you can reuse, such as a generic valve graphic.

• Store graphics as templates if you want to use the graphics in multiple instances at run time.

• Store graphics for use in a specific application.