Managing graphic views
The Graphics tab in the Template View allows you to create or modify the graphic views contained in the template.
Prerequisites: The graphics to use in the template already exist. All value bindings in graphics are relative to the root
component of the template.
NOTE: A best practice for creating and editing graphics for templates is to fully engineer them in a station before making the template.
This is especially true if image files are used as they will likely not be visible in the template graphic editor. Images
from
.jar files are visible in the template editor. Use the template graphic editor to make minor changes to graphics.
Perform the following steps:
- In the Template View, click the Graphics tab.The Graphics tab opens.
This tab is a wrapper view of the PxEditor view. The left pane is the Nav pane and the right pane is the PxEditor pane. Selecting a PxFile loads the file into the editor and selects the component(s) in the Nav pane that have a view using the selected PxFile.
The toolbar at the top of the PxEditor pane, shown here:
- In the right pane, click the PxFile drop down list and select one of the PxFiles to include in the template.
- Make minor editorial changes to the graphic, as needed.You can drag items from the nav pane (left) to the edit pane (right).NOTE: All value bindings must be relative bindings. The bindings are forced to be relative to the root component of the template.
- To complete the procedure, click Save or Save As.This saves your changes to the PxFile and saves the configured template, creating a template
.ntplfile.
The system saves a new template file with the default name or the name you entered on the Template Info tab, and stores the template in your
/templates directory. Once saved, the template is available from the Template side bar.
IMPORTANT: Be sure to test your template on another component of the same type and modify the template as needed before using it to configure
other devices—especially to bulk-configure multiple Edge devices.