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This section presents information about the drawing and how to use these features.

About the Draw area

When clicking the Draw button in the ProjectDesigner, the toolbars are changed to present the Drawing Tools.

The Draw area is where you create and edit the displays, create and modify symbols, and do the Display CodevBehind programming.

Some features available in the Drawing tool include:

• Cross-Platform: Use the advanced WPF drawing features to create HTML5 pages. 
• Symbols are fully customizable and new symbols can be created from the green field.
• The concept of open Dynamic properties brings the flexibility to deliver any UNI requirement. 
• Advanced components for Trending, Alarms, DataGrids, Gantt, Maps, BarCharts and many others.
• Third-party components can be easily integrated, and new built-in components are frequently created. <<<<.please review the content of this paragraph>>>>
• Image files can be imported into the Project as Resources, so you do not need to keep the image file anymore.
• The Image Resources can be applied as a painting Brush to any element.
• Import XAML and AUTOCAD drawings into the system as a vector object. 
• Many Productivity tools, like Copy-Paste dynamic properties, edit multiple objects, search replace tags.
• Select the objects in the display, or use the ObjectTree View.
• Flexible Grid Snapping and zoom settings. 

Key Concepts

Graphical Element

When drawing displays, any object placed on the screen is defined as a Graphical Element. It can be simple objects like a rectangle, or controls like a CheckBox or TrendChart.

Dynamics

In the context of the Drawing tool, Dynamics are real-time behaviors you can use on a Graphical Element. For instance, you can add the Dynamic of Color Change to Rectangle and define the real-time Tag that will drive the color change.

Image Resources

Image files imported to the Project. The Image Resources can be applied as background color, or even as a Dynamic color change, to any Graphical Element. 

Smart Symbols

Smart Symbols — or Symbols for short — is a platform feature that combines graphical Elements with Dynamics properties and connection to the real-time Tags and templates.

The Symbols vastly expedite the creation of Operator Users Interfaces, and simplify the maintenance, as changes on the Symbols propagate automatically to the Displays using it.

Toolbars and Element Properties

Learn how to navigate and use the most common tools in the main design area — the Draw Environment! Like an artist's palette and tools, you can use this area to build almost anything you can imagine!

The Draw area has the following controls to create, format, and configure displays:

• Top Toolbar — On the top, you have buttons to save the display, to select a new displays and other actions on the current display. 
• Vertical toolbar — On the left side of the Drawing tab. Use these buttons to draw shapes, add buttons, and create special windows.
• Horizontal toolbar — Across the bottom of the Drawing tab. Use these buttons to group, combine, align, and lock the selected objects.
• Element Properties — The area on the left side displays the Graphical Element Properties. These settings may differ based on the type of object selected. The Appearance parameters dictate the brush style and color used when drawing objects in the display. Clicking the Fill option allows you to specify the colors, gradients, or objects used to fill the graphics.

The Display Setting is always visible on the left side. The configuration fields of the Display, including if the Display is a Page, Dialog or Popup, were discussed in the section Displays and Clients. 

Top Toolbar

Vertical Toolbar

Vertical Toolbar

Toolbar	Icon	Command	Description
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Vertical toolbar commands 

Toolbar

Icon

Commands

Description

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	Selection Tool	Click on an object to select it. CTRL+click selects multiple objects and object groups. Hold the CTRL key as you click on each object. Shift+click to choose a main object from a group of selected objects Click on an open area of the display and highlight several elements to select a group of elements  Double-click on an object to open the "Dynamics configuration" window that provides settings for dynamic object properties.
Image Modified	Direct Selection Tool	Use this tool to select an object inside a group and modify its properties. Click on the object once to select it. You can also add, remove, and modify the points in a Polyline with the Direct Selection Tool. To move the point, click on the point to select it and hold down the left mouse button. Drag the point to its new position. Double-click on a point to add a new point adjacent to the selected point. Right-click on a point to delete the selected point.

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Image Added	Hand Tool	The Hand tool can be used to modify the view window. Click once on the display background and hold down the left mouse button. Then, move the display to the desired position.
Image Added	Edit Properties	Opens properties dialog window of the selected object
Image Added	Geometric objects tools	Right-click to end the use of each tool. To add, modify, and/or remove points after creating a polygon or polyline, use the Direct Selection Tool.

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Rectangle

Creates a rectangle object.

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Ellipse

Creates an ellipse object.

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Image Added	Polygon	Creates a polygon object.
Image Added	Connectors

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 Polyline

PolyLine	Creates a polyline object.
Image Added	GridLine	Creates a gridline object.

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Button

Creates a button object.

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LabelBox

Creates a label box.

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Image Added	TextTool
Image Added	Text Output	Creates a text output object.

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Text Box

Creates a text input/output (I/O) object. To link the I/O object with a tag, double-click the I/O object. Under the Dynamic configuration window, select the TextIO dynamic.

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 Open

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 CheckBox

Creates a check box object. Right-click this button to access the following tools:
Image Removed Creates a radio button object.
Image Removed Creates a combo box.
Image Removed Creates a list box.
Image Removed Creates a password box.
Image Removed Creates a menu item.
Image Removed Creates a date picker.
Image Removed Creates a date/time text box.
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After selecting a tool from this menu, it becomes the default tool for that button in the vertical toolbar.

Industrial icons	Insert an industrial icons to be used in the project.
Image Added	Image resource	Insert an image to be used in the project.
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Symbol Library

The symbol library includes both built-in and user-defined symbols.

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 Insert Image Resource

Insert an image to be used in the project.

	Add Symbol	Creates New Symbol with Selected Elements.
	Edit Symbol	Edit Selected Symbol.
	Break Symbol	Break apart Selected Symbol to its elements.

Icon	Components
Assets
Image Added	AlarmWindow	Creates an alarm window. Position the alarm window and double-click it to configure the alarm window settings. For more information, see Configuring an Alarm Window.
Image Added	Alarm Areas	Creates an Alarm Area control that allows you to view the existing alarm tree.
	Alarm Tree
Image Added	DataGrid	Creates a data grid window. Position the data grid window and double-click it to configure the data grid window settings. For more information, see Configuring a DataGrid Window.
Image Added	TreeView
Charts
Image Added	3DPipeViewer

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 Web Browser

Creates a Web Browser object. Mouse over this button to access the following tools:
Image Removed Creates a Report Viewer object.
Image Removed Creates an XPS Viewer object.
Image Removed Creates a PDF Viewer object.
Image Removed Creates a Page Selector object.
Image Removed Creates an Assets component.
Image Removed Creates a Remote Assets component.
Image Removed Creates a Child Window object.
Image Removed Creates an external WPF component.
After you click the "Creates an external WPF component" option, the following components will be available:
Image Removed Creates a Pie Chart object. For more information, see the Pie Chart section in the User Interface Controls.
Image Removed Creates a Map Control object. For more information, see the Map Control section in the User Interface Controls.
Image Removed Creates a Report Preview object.
Image Removed Creates a Calculator object. For more information, see the Calculator section in the User Interface Controls.
Image Removed Creates a Bar Chart object. For more information, see the Bar Chart section in the User Interface Controls.
Image Removed Creates an Advanced Pie Chart object.
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Creates a 3D Pipe Viewer object. For more information, see the 3D Pipe Viewer section in the User Interface Controls.

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BarChart

Creates a

Circular Panel

Bar Chart object. For more information, see the

Circular Panel

Bar Chart section in the User Interface Controls.

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After selecting a tool from this menu, it becomes the default tool for that button in the vertical toolbar.

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DrillingChart

Creates a drilling chart trend

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 Alarm Window

Creates an alarm

window. Position the

alarm

trend window and double-click it to configure the

alarm

trend window settings. For more information, see Configuring

an Alarm

the Trend Window.

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 Alarm Area

Creates an Alarm Area control that allows you to view the existing alarm tree.

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 Trend Window

PieChart	Creates a Pie Chart object. For more information, see the Pie Chart section in the User Interface Controls.
Image Added	TrendChart	Creates a trend window. Position the trend window and double-click it to configure the trend window settings. For more information, see Configuring the Trend Window.

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 Drilling Chart

	XY Chart
	CustomPieChart	Creates an Advanced Pie Chart object.
	GanttChart
	Timeline
Containers
Image Added	ChildDisplay
Image Added	HTML5 Control
Image Added	PDFViewer	Creates a PDF Viewer object.
Image Added	ReportViewer	Creates a Report Viewer object.
Image Added	WebBrowser	Creates a Web Browser object.
Image Added	WPF Control	Creates an external WPF component.
Gauges
	CircularGauge
	CircularGaugeArcPointer
Image Added	CircularGaugeCompass
	CircularGaugeFullCircle
	CircularGaugeRanges
	CircularGaugeSemiCircle
	LinearGauge
	CircularGaugeControl
	CircularGaugeRangeControl
	LinearGaugeControl
Input
	Button
Image Added	CheckBox
Image Added	ComboBox	Creates a combo box.
Image Added	ListBox	Creates a list box.
Image Added	RadioButton	Creates a radio button object.
Image Added	Slider
Image Added	DatePicker
Image Added	DateTimePicker
Image Added	DateTimeTextBox
Image Added	TimeTextBox
	ColorPicker
	MaskedTextBox
	NumericTextBox
	TextBox
	TimePicker
Interaction
Image Added	Calculator	Creates a Calculator object

Creates a drilling chart trend window. Position the trend window and double-click it to configure the trend window settings

. For more information, see

Configuring the Trend Window.

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 DataGrid Window

Creates a data grid window. Position the data grid window and double-click it to configure the data grid window settings. For more information, see Configuring a DataGrid Window.

Horizontal Toolbar

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Horizontal Toolbar

Horizontal toolbar commands

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Icons	Commands	Description
Image RemovedImage Added	Grid definition
	Screen Zoom
Image RemovedImage Added	Group
Image RemovedImage Added	Ungroup
	Union
	Intersect
	Exclude
	Exclusive-Or
Image RemovedImage Added	AlignLeft
Image RemovedImage Added	AlignHorizontalCenter
Image RemovedImage Added	AlignRight
Image RemovedImage Added	AlignTop
Image RemovedImage Added	AlignVerticalCenter
Image RemovedImage Added	AlignBottom
Image RemovedImage Added	Move To The Front
Image RemovedImage Added	Move To The Back
Image RemovedImage Added	Change Z-Order
Image RemovedImage Added	Resize Width
Image RemovedImage Added	Resize Height
	SpaceEvenlyHorizontal
	SpaceEvenlyVertical
Image RemovedImage Added	FlipHorizontally
Image RemovedImage Added	Flip Vertically
Image RemovedImage Added	Lock element
Image RemovedImage Added	Unlock element
Image RemovedImage Added	Unlock All Elements
Image RemovedImage Added	Show All Elements
Image RemovedImage Added	Hide Selected Element

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