Category Visualization

Category Visualization  1:

Scope of PLC project properties

Note that the scope differs between different project properties!
Some properties affect only the PLC project whose properties you are currently configuring.
Other properties, on the other hand, affect all PLC projects in the development environment. Such properties, which you can change in the project properties of a PLC project, but which also affect all other PLC projects, are titled Solution options.

The category Visualization is used to configure the project-wide settings for objects of type Visualization.

Category Visualization  2:

General tab

Visualization Directories

Text list files

Directory containing text lists available in the project for configuring texts for different languages. TwinCAT uses this directory when exporting or importing text lists, for example.

Click Category Visualization  3: to bring up the Find Folder dialog, which allows you to select a directory in the file system.

Image files

Directory containing image files available in the project. Multiple folders are separated by semicolons. TwinCAT uses this directory when exporting or importing image files, for example.

Click Category Visualization  4: to bring up the Find Folder dialog, which allows you to select a directory in the file system.

Extended settings

Enables property handling in all element properties

Category Visualization  5:: You can also configure a visualization element in those of its properties, in which you select an IEC variable, with a Category Visualization  6: property. TwinCAT then generates additional code for properties handling when compiling a visualization.

Requirement: Your IEC code contains at least one object of type Interface property, i.e. a property Category Visualization  7:.

Category Visualization  8:

Requirement: Visible is enabled.