About the Graphic Editor canvas
You place widgets on the canvas and edit them and bind data to them using one or more of the side bars and additional windows, which are documented elsewhere. Most of the time, the canvas provides a live view of any widgets you add–without having to return to the Graphic Viewer. However, some graphic features may only appear in the Graphics Viewer.
Figure 365. Graphic Editor canvas
The Canvas has the following optional work aids:
- The grid provides a visual aid for graphical alignment. The grid lines display vertical and horizontal lines as well as define the visible area of the page.
- Hatching is an area of light-gray diagonal lines that define the boundaries of items that are placed on the canvas.
- View area
The view area is defined by the
View Sizeproperty in the Canvas pane property pane. Visually, the view area is defined by the grid that displays in the editor only. The Graphic viewer clips off any part of the graphic that appears outside of the view area (when you select the view under theConsolenode of the navigation tree.
| Property | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Background | drop-down list for .png file | Selects the image of your facility to use as the background. |
| Enabled | drop-down list, defaults to true |
Starts the functioning of components that make up the graphic. |
| Halign | drop-down list, defaults to Center |
Aligns the background image horizontally. |
| Scale | drop-down list, defaults to None |
Increases and decreases the background image proportionally. |
| Valign | drop-down list, defaults to Center |
Aligns the background image vertically. |
| View Size | Chooser | Defines the dimensions of the background graphic. |
| Visible | drop-down list, defaults to true |
Turns the graphic view on and off. |