Adding graphics pages

To add a new graphics page in the Graphics Editor:

  1. In the Power Operation folder, open the Graphics Editor.
  2. On the Graphics Editor screen, click File > New > Graphic.
  3. From the left pane, drag and drop equipment and components to create the graphics page.

To connect equipment or components:

To automatically connect equipment or components, select Auto Connect on the toolbar. The button will turn green when selected. You can turn off Auto Connect if you want to place objects close together without connecting them.

NOTE: Auto Connect can only be used to connect objects residing on the same layer as one another. Use a busbar to connect objects residing on different layers through manual configuration.

NOTE: If you do not use Auto Connect for connecting equipment or components, you must manually enter the BusName properties.

There are 2 ways to connect equipment or components with Auto Connect: drag and drop, and click and select. When you drag or click an object to connect it, the connector(s) will turn green.

To connect, do one of the following:

  • Drag the equipment over the component connector to which you want to connect, and when the connector turns green, drop the equipment.
  • Click the equipment connector so it turns green, then click the component connector to which you want to connect it. The connector selected second will snap to the connector selected first.

    In the Properties pane, under the Custom section, the connector component’s corresponding BusName property will auto-populate with the busbar that is automatically created.

    NOTE: Property busbar names are dependent on the component type.

To disconnect equipment and components:

Hover over the connector until it turns yellow, then right-click and select Disconnect. The component will move away from the busbar to show that it is disconnected.

NOTE: You must disconnect each component individually. When the last connection to a busbar is disconnected, the busbar will automatically be removed from the page.

To animate components:

To animate a component in the Graphics Viewer, set up the component-specific Custom properties in the Properties pane.

To edit the Graphics Viewer menus, see the Defining the Graphics Viewer menu structure section.

Saving and debugging:

After adding and customizing a graphics page, save changes and review for issues.

To save a graphics page:

Click Save.

NOTE: You can only Open or Save a file in the project's TGML folder.

To debug a graphics page:

If a custom property is incorrectly configured on any graphics page in the project, after clicking Save, click the Connection Debugger button to review any incorrect binding issues. In the Connection Debugger window, you can view any binding issue details by component Type or Page. Scroll to correct any fields with missing information.

To re-open the Connection Debugger window, click the Connection Debugger button in the toolbar.