6.2 Drawing Tools

Stop Drawing

This feature can be used to stop draw

Line

Used to draw lines.

Rectangle

Used to draw rectangles or squares.

Ellipse

Used to draw circles or ellipses.

Pie

Used to draw sectors of a circle.

Arc

Used to draw arcs.

Chord

Used to draw chords.

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

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

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

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

Text Field

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

Switch/Lamp

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

Fillable Rectangle

Used to create a rectangle that automatically fills up based on a tag value(s).

Trend

Used to create a trend graph to plot historical data.

Data Log Table

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

Alarm Summary

Used to create an alam summary that displays alarm statuses.

Sparkline

Used to create a trend line without the associated graph.

Audit Log Table

Used to create an audit log table in the project.