Inserting Visualization Elements

A visualization element is a graphical element, which is used to fill a visualization object. The available elements are offered in the menu bar. Each element gets a separate configuration.

You can insert various geometric forms, as well as bitmaps, metafiles, buttons, various special elements and existing visualizations into your visualization. Regard the possibility of defining a special directory for visualization files in the Options for Directories.

Go to the ‘Insert’ menu item and select freely from the following commands: ‘Rectangle’, ‘Rounded Rectangle’, ‘Ellipse’, ‘Polygon’, ‘Polyline’, ‘Curve’, ‘Pie’, ‘Bitmap’, ‘Visualization’, ‘Button’, ‘Table’, ‘ActiveX-Element’, ‘Scrollbar’, ‘Meter’, ‘Bar Display’, ‘Histogram’, ‘Alarm table’, ‘Trend’, ‘WMF file’.

Alternatively you can use the tool bar. The selected element appears pushed down.

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If you then draw the mouse pointer to the editor window, the corresponding element symbol will be displayed at the pointer. Click on the desired starting point of your element and move the pointer with pressed left mouse key until the element has the desired dimensions.

If you want to create a polygon or a line, first click with the mouse on the position of the first corner of the polygon resp. on the starting point of the line, and then click on the further desired corner points. By doubleclicking on the last corner point you will close the polygon and it will be completely drawn respectively the line will be completed. If you want to create a curve (Bezier curves) determine the initial and two other points with mouse clicks to define the circumscribing rectangle. An arc is drawn after the third mouse click. You can then change the position of the end point of the arc by moving the mouse and can then end the process with a double click or add another arc with additional mouse clicks.

Furthermore pay attention to the status bar and the change from select and insert modes.