This section describes how to define the picture settings for the following
types of objects:
Multi-state Switch, Radio Button Group,
Step Button, Page Selector, Multi-state Lamp, Picture Display, and Animated
Graphic.
The property sheets of the above mentioned objects provide you the Picture
page to define the picture settings of the objects. The following is an example
of the Picture page.

The following table describes each property in the Picture page.
|
Property |
Description |
|
Border Spacing |
The distance (in pixels) between picture border and
shape border. |
|
Picture |
The name of the current picture. You can use the
drop-down list to select a picture from the picture
database.
Click
to select a picture from a file as the current picture.
After the selection, the software imports the picture of
the selected file and saves the picture in the picture
database.
Click
to bring up the Select/Import from Library dialog box.
Select a picture from a picture library file as the
current picture. After the selection, the software
imports the selected picture from the selected library
and saves the picture in the picture database. |
|
Transparent |
Check this item to make parts of the picture
transparent. The transparent parts are pixels whose
colors are the same as the specified transparent color.
This item is available when the picture is not a black
and white picture. |
|
Transparent Color |
The transparent color. |
|
FG Color |
The color to paint the black part of a black and white
picture. This item is available when the picture is a
black and white picture. |
|
BG Color |
The color to paint the white part of a black and white
picture. This item is available when the picture is a
black and white picture. |
|
Flip/Rotate |
Specifies the method to flip or rotate the picture
before drawing it. There are 8 options: |
|
Method |
Description |
|
0° |
No rotation |
|
90° |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degrees |
|
180° |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 180 degrees |
|
270° |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 270 degrees |
|
X |
Flips the picture over the X axis |
|
90° & X |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degree and flips it
over the X axis |
|
Y |
Flips the picture over Y axis |
|
90° & Y |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degree and flips it
over the Y axis |
|
Tone |
Check this item to tone the current picture. |
|
Toning Color |
The color to tone the current picture. |
|
Fit to Object |
heck this item so the current picture can change its
size automatically to fit inside the border of the
object’s shape. |
Position
 |
The position of the current picture within the object. |
|
Shape BG Color |
The BG color of the object’s shape for the current
state. |
Source.Section 4.3.7 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.