Common Operation; Creating An Element; Pop-Up Edit Menu - Omron NT - SUPPORT TOOL FOR WINDOWS V4 Operation Manual

Common Operation

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Common Operation

6-1-1 Creating an Element

Reference: The dialog will be displayed each time the element is created even when the Shift

6-1-2 Pop-up Edit Menu

Operations common to all element creation steps are shown below.
To create an element, specify the element to be created and click the mouse at
the position where the element is to be placed.
(1) Specify an element.
Menu bar: [Objects]
Drawing toolbar: Click on the icon of the object to be created.
(2) Click the mouse after placing the mouse cursor at the position where you
want to create the specified element.
The elements shown below can be dragged to change the size of the ele-
ments instead of clicking the mouse when the element is positioned.
Circle, Arc, Sector, Polyline, Polygon, Rectangle, Touch switch, Standard
lamp, Bar graph, Analogue meter, Broken-line graph, Trend graph
After placing the element by clicking or dragging, the dialog box for setting
the property of the element is automatically displayed. (The procedure to
open the property setting dialog box is omitted.)
(3) In the displayed dialog box, set the property of the element.
Change the size and the shape as required.
The selection of an element, the object to be created, is canceled on completion
of the drawing of a graphic.
To draw graphics with the same element continuously, you can maintain the ele-
ment's selected status by pressing the Shift key when releasing the left mouse
button after the clicking or dragging.
key is being pressed to draw the same element continuously. In case of Polyline
however, the dialog will be displayed only for the last element that was created
immediately after the Shift key is released.
The Support Tool provides pop-up menus where functions used for editing are
collected.
The pop-up edit menu is displayed by clicking the right button of the mouse.
Items displayed in the pop-up edit menu are common to most of all elements.
(1) Select an element.
Select the objects to be created.
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