Industrial Graphic Editor

In addition to the benefits of managing InTouch applications within the System Platform IDE, you can model your manufacturing environment by creating graphics with the Industrial Graphic Editor. The Industrial Graphic Editor is fully integrated into the System Platform IDE and supports powerful graphics editing capabilities.

The Industrial Graphic Editor includes the ability to apply an Element Style to a symbol element. An Element Style is a defined set of visual properties for text, element fill, element outlines, and lines that are applied to graphic elements. Using Element Styles makes it easy to apply standard visual styles to graphic elements and establish consistent symbol standards.

The Industrial Graphic Editor also includes the Symbol Wizard Editor, which enables you to create Symbol Wizards containing different visual and functional configurations. Using the Symbol Wizard Editor, you can, for example, create a configurable pump symbol with separate left and right inlet valve configurations. Situational Awareness Library symbols are examples of Symbol Wizards containing pre-built configurations that are selected by choosing from the symbol’s Wizard Options. A single Situational Awareness Library symbol can be easily configured to represent a thermometer, a flow meter, or a pressure meter. You select the configuration you need when the Symbol Wizard is embedded in a managed InTouch application.

WindowMaker incorporates the Industrial Graphic Toolbox to select Industrial and Situational Awareness Library symbols for InTouch applications without opening the Industrial Graphic Editor. Symbols can be added by dragging and dropping them directly from WindowMaker into an InTouch window. For more information about working with Industrial and Situational Awareness Library symbols, see Industrial Graphic Editor documentation or WindowMaker help.

Note: In recent versions of Microsoft’s rendering technologies, certain gradient features have been deprecated. To accommodate and future proof graphics, the affected features have been removed from the configuration environment. Graphics previously configured with deprecated features will continue to render as expected. See "Load graphics with deprecated features" in Industrial Graphic Editor User documentation.