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.
Item Name | Icon | Description |
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. |