Dialog Box ‘Edit appearance settings’

Function: This dialog box includes the configuration for the display settings of the trace diagram (for both the x-axis and y-axis) and provides a preview in the trace diagram.

Call: Display button in Trace configuration dialog box.

Add y-axis

Extends the trace diagram by one y-axis.

Result: The Trace configuration dialog box contains an extended selection of y-axes in the Additional axes option of the variable settings.
Delete y-axis Deletes the y-axis with the visible tab.

Tab ‘x-axis’

Display mode

Scaling

  • Auto: b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : CODESYS Scales automatically.
  • Fixed length: b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : CODESYS displays a segment of constant Length.
  • Fixed: b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : CODESYS displays a segment from Minimum to Maximum.
Minimum Initial value of the segment. Requirement: Display mode is Fixed.
Maximum End value of the segment. Requirement: Display mode is Fixed.
Length Constant length of the segment.
Grid b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : Diagram with vertical grid lines. Select the line color from the dropdown list of colors.
Tick marks
Fixed spacing b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : CODESYS draws tick marks with Distance and Subdivisions.
Distance Distance between tick marks
Subdivisions Number of subdivisions between two tick marks
Font Font for the x-axis

Tab ‘y-axis’

Display mode

Scaling

  • Auto: b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : CODESYS Scales automatically.
  • Fixed: b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : CODESYS displays a segment from Minimum to Maximum.
Minimum Initial value of the displayed segment. Requirement: Display mode is Fixed.
Maximum End value of the displayed segment. Requirement: Display mode is Fixed.
Grid b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : Diagram with a grid line. Select the line color from the dropdown list of colors.
Label b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : The description is displayed on the axis.
Tick marks
Fixed spacing b5ea2169138e6fd3c0a8640e00e8cccd_9a3f06830c0506c5c0a8640e012f0ace : CODESYS draws tick marks with Distance and Subdivisions.
Distance Distance between tick marks
Subdivisions Number of subdivisions between two tick marks
Font Font for the y-axis

Preview of the trace diagram

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Background color
  • No background: Transparent display without background color.
  • Draw background: Background color according to selection below.
  • From visualization style: Background color as defined in the visualization style.
Reset CODESYS resets all settings to the presets.
Use as default CODESYS saves the settings as presets.