Creating an Icon for an Object Type

These are the steps required to create a new image icon and apply it to an object type.

After you complete these steps, your new icon will be available in the Network Editor for use with the assigned object type.

To create and apply a new icon:

Create the icon file

  1. Click Icon Builder to open the Icon Builder module.
  2. In the main menu, choose File > New to create a new icon.

    Note

    You can create an icon by copying and editing an existing icon. To open an existing icon, choose File > Open and select the icon to edit. Save the edited icon and choose a new icon name at the prompt.

  3. Create the icon using the Icon Builder drawing tools.
  4. Choose File > Save to save your changes and enter the icon name at the prompt.

Create an entry for the icon in the Graphic Icons attribute type:

Creating an entry for the icon allows users to choose the new icon when they are setting the icon for an object type

  1. Click Attribute Types to open the Attribute Types module.
  2. Select the Graphic Icons attribute and open the Values tab.
  3. Click Insert to open the Inserting Values screen.
  4. Enter the following details:
    PropertyDescription

    Description

    Enter a label for the icon. This is the text that is displayed in the Graphic Icon drop-down list in the Object Types module.

    Value

    Enter the name of the icon file that you specified in the Icon Builder when you saved the file.

  5. Click Save to save your changes.
  6. Restart the SCADAConnect Forms application.

Associate the icon with the object type

Caution

When you set the icon for an object type, the setting is inherited by all the object type's sub-types. If this is not what you want, make sure to record the correct icons for the sub-types and reset them when you have changed the parent type's icon.

  1. Click Object Types to open the Object Types module.
  2. Select the object type with which you want to associate the new icon.
  3. On the Details tab, click Edit.
  4. In the Graphic Icon field, select the description that you entered for this icon in the Graphic Icons attribute values.

    Note

    If the description is not in the list, restart SCADAConnect forms and try again.

  5. Click Save to save your changes.