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Chapter 9: Animated Objects: 44 topics
  1. Pipelines
  2. 9.1.1Pipeline - Basic Operations
  3. 9.1.2Pipeline - Operation Options
  4. 9.1.3Pipeline - Settings
  5. 9.1.4Pipeline - General Settings
  6. 9.1.5Pipeline - Pipe Settings
  7. 9.8Dynamic Lines
  8. 9.8.1Dynamic Lines - Operation Options
  9. 9.8.2Dynamic Lines - Settings
  10. 9.8.3Dynamic Lines - General Settings
  11. 9.2Dynamic Circles
  12. 9.2.1Dynamic Circle - Operation Options
  13. 9.2.2Dynamic Circle - Settings
  14. 9.2.3Dynamic Circle - General Settings
  15. Specifying Colors for Dynamic Rectangles and Circles
  16. 9.2.4.164K-color Models
  17. 9.2.4.2256-color Models
  18. 9.3Dynamic Rectangles
  19. 9.3.1Dynamic Rectangle - Operation Options
  20. 9.3.2Dynamic Rectangle - Settings
  21. 9.3.3Dynamic Rectangle - General Settings
  22. 9.4GIF Displays
  23. 9.4.1GIF Display - Operation Options
  24. 9.4.2GIF Display - Settings
  25. 9.4.3GIF Display - General Settings
  26. Picture Displays
  27. 9.5.1Picture Display - Basic Operations
  28. 9.5.2Picture Display - Operation Options
  29. 9.5.3Picture Display - Settings
  30. 9.5.4Picture Display - General Settings
  31. 9.6Animated Graphics
  32. 9.6.1Animated Graphic - Operation Options
  33. 9.6.2Animated Graphic - Settings
  34. 9.6.3Animated Graphic - General Settings
  35. 9.6.3.1Using Object Group for Animated Graphics
  36. 9.6.4Animated Graphic - GIF Settings
  37. 9.6.5Animated Graphic - Path Settings
  38. 9.7Path Display
  39. 9.7.1Path Display - Operation Options
  40. 9.7.2Path Display - Settings
  41. 9.7.3Path Display - General Settings
  42. 9.7.3.1Path Display - Definitions of Path Elements
  43. 9.7.3.2Path Display - Color Values
  44. 9.7.4Path Display for Rebar Bending Machine
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Section 9.6 · Chapter 9: Animated Objects

Animated Graphics

An animated graphic can change its image and move along a specified path automatically. You can also change the position and image of an animated graphic at runtime by a specified variable. You can use BMP/JPG/GIF/Object Group for the animated graphics.

You can complete all the settings of an animated graphic in the Animated Graphic property sheet. This sheet contains the following five pages. Some of the pages appear only when they are needed.

■ General
Described in Section 9.6.3.

■ Picture
Described in Section 4.3.7.

■ GIF
Described in Section 9.6.4.

■ Path
Described in Section 9.6.5.

■ Visibility
Described in Section 4.4.6.

In this section

  1. 9.6.1Animated Graphic - Operation Options
  2. 9.6.2Animated Graphic - Settings
  3. 9.6.3Animated Graphic - General Settings
  4. 9.6.4Animated Graphic - GIF Settings
  5. 9.6.5Animated Graphic - Path Settings

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Source.Section 9.6 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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