Configuring a Truth Table Fill Style Animation

You can configure an element with a fill style animation based on a truth table.

To configure an element with a truth table fill style animation

1. Select the element.

2. On the Special menu, click Edit Animations. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

3. Click the Add icon and select Fill Style. The fill style animation is added to the Animation list and the Fill Style state selection panel appears.

4. Click the Truth Table button. The Truth Table Fill Style configuration panel appears.

5. In the Expression Or Reference area:

   • Select the data type of the expression from the list.

   • Type a value, equipment.item reference or expression in the text box.

6. If the data type of the expression is string or internationalized string, you can specify to ignore the case by selecting Ignore Case.

7. In the Truth Table, click the color box in the Color column. The Select FillColor dialog box appears. For more information, see Setting Style.

8. In the Operator column, select the comparison operator.

9. In the Value or Expression column, type a value, equipment.item reference, or expression.

10. To add further conditions, see .

11. Click OK.

To set the default fill style for a truth table fill style animation

12. Open the Edit Animations dialog box, Truth Table Fill Style panel.

13. In the Element Fill Style area, click the color box. The Select FillColor dialog box appears. For more information, see Setting Style.

To use the default fill style in a truth table fill style animation

14. Open the Edit Animations dialog box, Truth Table Fill Style panel.

15. Locate the condition for which you want to set the style to default style.

16. Clear the mark for that condition in the Color column of the truth table. The associated style is the same as the style for the Element Fill Style.

To add a condition to a truth table fill style animation

17. Open the Edit Animations dialog box, Truth Table Fill Style panel.

18. Click the Add icon. An additional condition is added to the truth table.

19. Configure color, operator and breakpoint value according to your requirements.

To delete a condition from an analog fill style animation

20. Open the Edit Animations dialog box, Truth Table Fill Style panel.

21. Select the condition you want to delete.

22. Click the Remove icon. The condition is removed.

To change the processing order of fill style conditions

23. Open the Edit Animations dialog box, Truth Table Fill Style panel.

24. Select the condition you want to move up or down the condition list in order for it to be processed sooner or later.

25. Click the:

    • Arrow up icon to move the condition up in the truth table.

    • Arrow down icon to move the condition down in the truth table.

    For example, you want to model an analog fill color animation that describes the following conditions:

    • When the equipment.item TankLevel_001.PV is 0 then the fill style is solid black.

    • When the equipment.item TankLevel_001.PV is smaller than 20, then the fill style is solid red.

    • When the equipment.item TankLevel_001.PV is greater than the equipment.item Standards.TankMax then the fill style is red with a diagonal pattern.

    • In all other cases, the fill style is solid blue.

Related Topics

Configuring a Fill Style Animation