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From this toolbar, the user can select commonly used drawing tools for basic shapes, lines, and text. The functions of each icon are listed in the following table.

Icon

Item Name

Icon

Description

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Stop Drawing

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This feature can be used to stop draw

Line

Line

Used to draw lines.

Rectangle

Rectangle

Used to draw rectangles or squares.

Ellipse

Ellipse

Used to draw circles or ellipses.

Pie

Pie

Used to draw sectors of a circle.

Arc

Arc

Used to draw arcs.

Chord

Chord

Used to draw chords.

Polygon

Polygon

Used to draw polygons. When a blank space on the page is clicked, a small pop-up window appears where the user can define the number of sides, height, and width of the polygon.

Polyline

Polyline

Used to draw polylines. Vertexes are added whenever you click a blank space on the graphic page. To exit drawing mode, double-click the blank space of the graphic page.

Text

Text

Used to enter text. Click the blank space of graphic page when you finish with editing text. You can add a new line by pressing the [Enter] key.

Image

Image

Used to import images into Canvas. Accepted file formats are *.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.svg, and *.gif.

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Text Field

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Used to create an text box that is interactive during runtime.

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Switch/Lamp

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Used to create a switch/lamp object that is a composite of multiple functions.

Trend

Trend

Used to create a trend graph to plot historical data.

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Data Log Table

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Used to create a data log table that lists historical data in columns and rows.

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Alarm Summary

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Used to create an alarm summary that displays alarm statuses.

Sparkline

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Used to create a trend line without the associated graph.

Timer

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Used to create a timer object in the project.