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New Smart Symbol Wonderware InTouch
- Generate a new SmartSymbol
- Instantiate the new SmartSymbol
- Edit the SmartSymbol and propagate changes
- Manage SmartSymbols
Generate SmartSymbol
In this lab, you will begin by changing the existing Valve1 graphic into a SmartSymbol.
Open the Links window in your InTouch application, if it is not already open.
Click on the Valve1 symbol to select it.
Hold the Shift key and click on the DiscTag1 button.
Click the Make Cell icon.
Right-click the new cell, and select SmartSymbol / Generate SmartSymbol.
The new SmartSymbol will appear in the SmartSymbol – Management Mode window, with the name of NewSymbol.
Click once on NewSymbol.
The name field will become editable:
Change the name to Valve.
Click Close to close the SmartSymbol – Management Mode window. WindowMaker prompts you to replace the original cell with the new SmartSymbol.
Click Yes.
Valve1 in your Links window is now a SmartSymbol, displaying open handles when selected.
Edit SmartSymbols and Propagate changes Now you will change the Valve SmartSymbol to show a Sensor.
Start SmartSymbol Edit
Close the Links window and open the Scratch window.
Right-click on a blank area of the window.
Choose SmartSymbol / Start SmartSymbol Edit.
Select the Valve SmartSymbol and click OK. The Valve SmartSymbol displays.
Click Symbol Factory, select the Symbol Factory Wizard and click OK.
Click your cursor just above the Valve 1 text. Find Sensor1 within the Sensors Category. Hint: with a Category selected, type SEN. The highlighted Category will jump to Sensors
Click Options.
Click the Flip Horizontal checkbox, and click the +90 button. Click OK in the Symbol Options window, and OK in the Symbol Factory window. The Sensor displays:
Note: You can rotate the Sensor after it has been placed, by breaking the cell and choosing to rotate, or by double-clicking the Sensor and going to Options. The latter method will rotate the object within its original footprint, which may not be the desired effect.
Select both of the objects, and click the Make Cell icon.
End SmartSymbol Edit
Right-click the cell and choose SmartSymbol / End SmartSymbol Edit.
Commit Edit A list of all windows in your application containing the edited SmartSymbol displays. Verify the edit should be propagated to the SmartSymbols on these windows.
Any changes to Tagnames are also displayed for verification in the New Symbol References column. The Library Symbol References column values match those in the New SymbolReferences column, therefore no changes were made.
Click the Commit Edit button.
Close the Scratch window. Save if prompted.
Open the Links window. Notice that Valve2 has not changed.
Manage SmartSymbols In this section of the lab, you will: View SmartSymbol Attributes Organize SmartSymbols Rename, Copy, Delete, and Recover SmartSymbols Export and Import SmartSymbols View SmartSymbol Attributes Access the SmartSymbol Manager (Special / SmartSymbol / Manage SmartSymbol). Click the Valve SmartSymbol to give it focus. Click the Attribute List tab. The attributes for the Valve SmartSymbol display.
Organize SmartSymbols
Click the InTouch Symbols folder to give it focus (while still in the SmartSymbol Manager). Click File / New Folder.
Type Valves and press Enter.
Drag the Valve symbol into the new Valves folder.
Rename, Copy, Delete, and Recover SmartSymbolsRename a SmartSymbol Click on the Valve SmartSymbol to give it focus.
Click Edit / Rename.
Type the following new name: Valve with Sensor.
Press Enter. The Valve is renamed:
Copy a SmartSymbol
Click on the Valve with Sensor SmartSymbol to give it focus.
Click Edit / Copy. Click Edit / Paste.
Rename the new valve to the following: Valve without Sensor.
Press Enter.
Now, on your own, Edit the new Valve Without Sensor SmartSymbol, removing the Sensor. Refer to “Edit SmartSymbols and Propagate changes” on page 4-83 for reference. Hint: Use Break Cell while editing.
Delete a SmartSymbol
Access the SmartSymbol Manager. Click on the Valve with Sensor SmartSymbol to give it focus.
Click File / Delete. Click Yes at the Confirm Symbol Delete dialog box.
Recover a Deleted SmartSymbol
Open the Links window in your InTouch application.
Click on the Valve1 graphic to give it focus.
Click Special / SmartSymbol / Recover SmartSymbol. A SmartSymbol will be generated from the cell, and will display in the SmartSymbol -Management Mode window, with a name of New Symbol. Rename the new SmartSymbol as Valve with Sensor, and press Enter. Move the Valve with Sensor to the Valves folder.
Export SmartSymbols.
Click File / Export from the SmartSymbol Manager. Save your SmartSymbol library as C:ApplicationsMySmartSymbols.www —your SmartSymbol library is now available to import into any InTouch application.
Import SmartSymbols Close any windows in your InTouch application, saving them if needed.
Click Special / SmartSymbol / Manage SmartSymbols.
Click File / Import.
Navigate to the folder location provided by your Instructor.
If the Import Preferences window displays, click the Rename imported symbol checkbox. Fill in the Append to symbol name as follows: _Instructor. Click OK. Review the imported SmartSymbols in the SmartSymbol Manager.
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