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CIMPLICITY Screen Editing

MarkVIe Control System

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Objectives

Learn to edit CIMPLICITY screens

Add or modify objects
Modify an object’s properties
Open object groups
Copy and paste objects

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Managing CIMPLICITY Screens – v6.1

CIMPLICITY Workbench
Screens

E:\Site\Cimproj\Screens

To modify a screen:
Right-click and select Edit
Screen
Usually, a master set of
screens are kept on one
CIMPLICITY server.

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Open Screens in CimEdit

Open the folder:

E:\Site\Screens
or for v6.1
E:\Site\Cimproj\Screens

Right-click and
select Edit
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CimEdit – Drawing Objects

Drawing Toolbar
• Line
• Polygon Line Fill Polygon Arc Text Button

Rectangle Circle
• Filled Polygon
Polygon

• Rectangle
Objects can be moved
• Arc and resized after they
• Circle are drawn
• Text
• Button
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CimEdit – Object Formatting

Bring to Front
Send to Back
Align
Adjust Spacing
Space Evenly
Flip
Group (Ctrl+G)

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Properties of an object
Each object or group of
objects contains
properties
Methods to open the
property editor:
1. Double-click an object
2.Right-click and select
Properties
3. Click and press Alt+Enter

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Properties of an object - 2

Various tabs within the object properties

allow configuration options and animation
settings

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Example: Edit Text Display Value

Double-click Text Object Properties – Text tab
• String– “#” used for place holders

• Font– Sizes & attributes

• Alignment– Horizontal and Vertical

• Expression– signal name value

from controller

• Display format – match the signal’s

engineering units

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Example 2: Edit Button Properties

Double-click
Button Object Properties
– Text Button Tab
String– text that appears on the
button
Font– Edit font on button face
Button Color – default color of the
button
Color Animate – Text or button
face

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Example 3: Add Fill Animation

Double-click
Rectangle Object Properties
– Rotation/Fill Tab
Expression – Signal name value
from controller
Expr. Min/max – low and high
value of the signal’s range
Direction – Fill from bottom, top,
etc.
Fill Style – Solid
Color– color to fill the object

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Signal Browser
Click the Point ID
PopUp Button to
start the signal
browser.

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Signal Browser -2
Select the right project
Enter search criteria in
the supplied fields and
click on Browse.
Wild cards (asterisk *)
can be used in the
search criteria.
After selecting the
right signal, click OK.

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Expression Editor
Click the Expression
Editor Button
Deselect the text
Double-click a function
or type the function to
form an expression.
Use the keypad to
enter numerical values
and parenthesis ( ).

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Assign Commands
To assign a
command to a
button:
ƇDouble click on
the button
ƇClick on
Procedures
Tab>New…
ƇSelect Action
Type> Absolute
Setpoint or
Variable Assign
ƇEnter Point ID
and Value

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Assign Commands -2
efine the Event that
invokes the Procedure:
1) On the Events tab, select
an event from the drop
down window
2) Select an Action
(procedure) from the drop
down window and click
New
3) Click OK to confirm

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Testing the Screen

Save the file
Click on the Test
Screen button
The screen opens
in a separate
CimView window
If you make
additional
changes, you must
close and re-open
file in CimView

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Grouped Objects
Multiple objects are
grouped together to
be moved as a single
object.
CAUTION: If you
ungroup an object all
group properties will
be lost.

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Linked Objects
Linked objects
come from a
Template
Screen (Link
Container)
i.e. tp_xxxx.cim
These screens
are not used for
control

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Linked Objects - 2
The template
screen:
tp_7fa_overview.cim
has a master
object, 7FA_DUAL,
that will be used
on multiple
runtime screens.
The object has the same
appearance on all screens.

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Linked Objects - 3
A linked object
is identified in
the Properties
window in the
Link Container
tab.
 Source File
 Link SourceObject

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Smart Objects
Smart objects are inserted
just like linked objects, using
Copy and Paste Special.
Smart objects prompt the
user for any information
required by the Variables tab
Smart objects can be quickly
identified by right clicking on
an object. If Trigger Smart
Object pick appears, the
object is a smart object.

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Smart Objects - 2
Here the smart
object opens a
configuration
dialogue box for a
group of
pushbuttons.

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