Edit a Symbol

After you create a symbol, you need to check it out to be able to edit it in the Industrial Graphic Editor. You also need to check in the symbol after you are finished editing it.

To edit a symbol in the Graphic Toolbox

1. Right-click on your symbol listed in the Graphic Toolbox and select Check Out.

   A red check mark appears to the left of your symbol's name to indicate that it is checked out.

2. Right-click on the checked-out symbol and select Open to show the symbol in the Graphic Editor.

3. After you have finished editing the symbol, click Save and Close from the task bar of the Graphic Editor.

4. Right-click on the symbol name shown in the Graphic Toolbox and select Check In.

To edit a symbol contained in an object

5. Open an object in the Object editor.

6. Click the Graphics tab.

7. Select the graphic to edit and click Open. The Industrial Graphic Editor appears.

8. Edit the graphic.

9. Click Save and Close.

   The Industrial Graphic Editor closes and the updated graphic is checked in.

Some Details

• Situational Awareness Library symbols are protected templates and cannot be directly edited. You must embed an instance of a Situational Awareness Library symbol in another symbol to edit it and make configuration changes.

• You check out a graphic when you open it for editing with the Industrial Graphic Editor. No other user can edit the graphic while you have it checked out.