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Chapter 4: Designing Screens: 48 topics
  1. 4.1Drawing Basic Shapes
  2. 4.1.1Drawing Dots
  3. 4.1.2Drawing Lines
  4. 4.1.3Drawing Polylines
  5. 4.1.4Drawing Rectangles
  6. 4.1.5Drawing Circles
  7. 4.1.6Drawing Ellipses
  8. 4.1.7Drawing Arcs
  9. 4.1.8Drawing Pie Shapes
  10. 4.1.9Drawing Polygons
  11. 4.1.10Drawing Text Objects
  12. 4.1.10.1Text Object - General Settings
  13. 4.1.11Drawing Picture Objects
  14. 4.1.12Drawing Scales
  15. 4.1.13Drawing Tables
  16. 4.1.13.1Table - General Settings
  17. 4.1.13.2Table - Cell Settings
  18. 4.2Editing Objects
  19. 4.2.1Selecting and De-selecting Objects
  20. 4.2.2Basic Operations with the Selected Area
  21. 4.2.3Duplicating Objects
  22. 4.2.4Aligning Objects
  23. 4.2.5Making Objects Same Size
  24. 4.2.6Arranging the Order of Objects
  25. 4.2.6.1Changing the Order of Objects
  26. 4.3Designing Object Appearance
  27. 4.3.1Selecting a Color
  28. 4.3.2Selecting a Pattern
  29. 4.3.3Selecting a Graphical Shape
  30. 4.3.4Setting up the Shape of an Object
  31. 4.3.5Label Settings
  32. 4.3.5.1Text Sub-page Settings
  33. 4.3.5.2Picture Sub-page Settings
  34. 4.3.6Text Settings
  35. 4.3.7Picture Settings
  36. 4.3.8External Label Settings
  37. Setting up Objects
  38. 4.4.1States of Objects
  39. 4.4.1.1State Types
  40. 4.4.1.2Setting the Custom States of an Object
  41. 4.4.2Operation Options of Objects
  42. 4.4.3Address Settings
  43. 4.4.3.1Terminologies for Data Accessing
  44. 4.4.3.2Address Input Keypad
  45. 4.4.3.3Selecting Tags
  46. 4.4.4Setting up Objects - Scale Settings
  47. 4.4.5Setting up Objects - Advanced Settings
  48. 4.4.6Visibility Settings
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Section 4.3.3 · Chapter 4: Designing Screens

Selecting a Graphical Shape

■ Shape Buttons
In an object’s property dialog box, you can click the shape button to bring up the Shape palette. With the Shape palette, you can select a graphical shape as the shape of the associated object.

■ Shape Palette
With the Shape palette, you can select a graphical shape for an object. Usually, you click / to bring up the Shape palette. The Shape palette contains several pages of graphical shapes. To select a graphical shape, click on that graphical shape. To select a page, click on that page’s number tab. To cancel the operation, click the close button to close the Shape palette.
There are four sets of graphical shapes available for your applications. Each of them is suitable for certain kinds of objects. The Shape palette shows the set that is suitable for the type of object concerned. The four sets of shapes are shown below.
Graphical shapes for buttons and switches



Graphical shapes for data entry objects


Graphical shapes for data display objects

Graphical shapes for lamps

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Source.Section 4.3.3 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.