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Building Technologies Operating Instructions for ACS Operating and ACS Service CE1U5640en
HVAC Products 3 Applications Dec. 1, 2005
3.2.12 Using grid lines
To position data points, text or links in a plant diagram more easily, grid lines can be
used.
Select the user-defined plant diagram in which you want to show grid lines and
change to edit mode.
Position the onscreen pointer on the plant diagram. Press the right mouse button and
select Grid lines. The plant diagram now appears with grid lines.
For more information, refer to the following chapters:
• Editing a plant diagram
• Adding a data point to a plant diagram
• Adding text to a plant diagram
• Adding a link to a plant diagram
3.2.13 Editing a picture
The displayed background picture can be changed in all user-defined plant diagrams
(blue).
Select the user-defined plant diagram the background picture of which you want to
edit and change to edit mode.
Position the onscreen pointer on the plant diagram. Press the right mouse button and
select Edit picture.... Then, the Editor will be started which, as a standard Editor for
editing Bitmap pictures in your Windows environment, has the extension .BMP.
Normally, this is the Windows program called Paint. Here, you can change the plant
diagram arbitrarily and add new drawings, symbols, text, etc.
Save the picture before leaving Editor. The changed background picture appears in
the plant diagram.
For more information, refer to the following chapter:
• Editing a plant diagram
3.2.14 Changing the properties of a plant diagram
The properties of user-defined plant diagrams (blue) can be changed at any time.
You can:
• Change the name of the plant diagram
• Define some other Bitmap file as a background picture
• Adopt data points and / or the background picture from some other plant diagram
In the left window, select the plant diagram whose properties you want to change.
Press the right mouse button to click on the plant diagram in the left window and
select Properties.... Window Plant diagram properties appears:
• In the first entry box, you can change the name of the plant diagram
• Picture file: Click on the folder if you wish to display some other background
picture. The dialog for opening Bitmap files appears. When clicking on a file, the
preview shows the relevant picture. Select the required background picture. Any
Bitmap files with a resolution of 256 colors can be included in the plant diagram.
When assigning a new background picture, all data points, text and links that
previously appeared in the plant diagram will be maintained
• Definition file: Click on the folder if you want to adopt the displayed data points,
text and links with or without background picture from some other plant diagram.
The dialog for opening definition files appears. When clicking on a file, the preview
shows the relevant picture. Select the required picture. Also select whether you
Grid lines
Edit picture
Properties
Name of the diagram
Definition file