ABB AC 800M, Library Object Style Manual

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Icons Section 4 Engineering Interface
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A control module type that represents the interaction window should contain a
rectangle with the following properties:
• Line color: -3 (Foreground color)
• Area color: -1 (Transparent)
This means that the area in the window will have window background color. It also
means that the window border is visible in layer 2 of the control module.
Interaction object in layer 1
A non-visible interaction object should be somewhat smaller than the icon
representing it. The reason is that the frame that indicates interaction should be
clearly visible.
Texts
Text boxes should be used instead of vertical text lines to display variables.
Otherwise the text may overwrite other graphical objects. The text box should be
made wide enough for the text size to be determined by the height of the text box. It
is then easier to combine it with text in other text boxes.
Texts that are too long will cause font reduction for text boxes. For text lines the font
will remain constant, which means that the text will not fit in the operator window,
which is worse than font reduction. Therefore text boxes should be used instead of
text lines for presentation of variables in operator windows.
Even though it is possible for an operator to zoom the module, the operator must be
able to control it without using zoom. The zoom facility is only intended for
programmers and service personnel.
Icons
Icons are used to distinguish objects, for example control modules and interaction
buttons, and to indicate their functionality.
For display elements icons and display element reduced icons, which are used when
building graphics displays for operators.