Create and manage graphics

You can configure Industrial Graphics and Situational Awareness Library graphics to visualize data in an AVEVA OMI ViewApp.

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

After you create a graphic, you can embed it into another graphic or place it in a layout pane to be displayed at runtime.

You can embed a graphic in a template or instance of an object, or into an InTouch window using WindowMaker, 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 ViewApp.

Depending on your development requirements, you can select where and how to store Industrial Graphics.

• Store graphics in the Visualization folder if you want to define them as a standard that you can re-use, such as a generic valve graphic. You can store Industrial Graphics here if you want to use them only in the InTouch HMI or in AVEVA OMI VIewApps.

• Store graphics as AutomationObject templates if you want to use them in multiple instances at runtime. For example, you can create a valve graphic contained in an AutomationObject template that represents the functionality of a valve type on your plant floor.

• Store graphics as AutomationObject instances if you want to use them in only one specific object instance. For example, an AutomationObject instance that can be assigned a very specific piece of machinery as a graphic.

The topics in this section discuss some general topics and describe some actions which have aspects specific to OMI. For general information and procedures about creating and managing graphics, see Create and manage industrial graphics in the Industrial Graphic Editor help.