Configure color options

The trend color options control how the trend pen looks for each new tag as it is added to the chart. By default, Trend includes 256 different pen styles, which are numbered from 1 to 256. An unused style is applied each time you add a tag to the trend chart. The trend assigns the lowest pen style that is available. For example, the first pen style is a solid red line, so the first tag you place in a chart has this style. You can change the default pen styles.

Changing the options does not affect tags that are already in the trend chart.

To configure color options

1. On the Tools menu, click Options. The Options dialog box appears.

2. Click the Colors tab.

   

3. To use the default pen styles for the tags in a trend, select either Use default colors for new tags or Use Engineering Unit Dimension colors for new tag. Go to step 10.

4. To configure one or more pen styles, select Custom.

5. Select a pen number from the list.

6. Click the Color box and select or configure a color for the pen line.

7. In the Width list, select the width, in pixels, of the pen line.

8. In the Style box, select the style of the pen, either a solid line or one of a variety of dashes.

9. Repeat steps 5 through 8 for each pen style you want to configure.

10. Click OK.