Section 8.4.5 · Chapter 8: Graphs and Charts
Line Chart - Pen Settings
This section describes how to define the pens for the line charts. The following is an example of the Pen page.
The following table describes each property in the Pen page. Note that pen #1 is for data set 1; pen #2 is for data set 2; and so on.
|
Property |
Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pen #1 to Pen #8 | Dynamic Range | Check this option so the minimum and the maximum of the associated data set will be specified at runtime. This option is available when the Dynamic Range option in the General page is selected. | |
| Min. | The minimum of the associated data set. This property is available when the Dynamic Range option is not selected. | ||
| Max. | The maximum of the associated data set. This property is available when the Dynamic Range option is not selected. | ||
| Mark Size | Select a size for the data point mark. The selection is valid when the Show Mark option in the General page is selected. | ||
| Line Style | Select a style for the connecting lines. The selection is valid when the Show Line option in the General page is selected. | ||
| Color | Select a color for the connecting lines. | ||
| Show Value | Select one of the following methods for displaying the selected data point value. | ||
| Show Value | Description | ||
| (None) | Does not display the data point value. | ||
| Original | Displays the data point value without modification. | ||
| Scaled | Displays the corresponding Y axis value of the data point. | ||
| The selection is valid when the Show Cursor option in the General page is selected. | |||
| Fill | Check this option if you want the area below the line to be filled. And the area is filled with the specified pattern and colors. | ||
| Fill | Description | ||
| Fill Pattern | Specifies the fill pattern for the selected pen. | ||
| FG Color | Specifies the color for the selected pen that will be used for painting the black part of the fill pattern. | ||
| BG Color | Specifies the color for the selected pen that will be used for painting the white part of the fill pattern. | ||
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Source.Section 8.4.5 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.
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