Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 465)

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Define a range of motion
To define a range of motion for an object, do one of the following:
 Use the mouse to move the object in the display. This uses the Object Smart Path
feature to visually define the range of motion.
 Type values in the At minimum and At maximum boxes.
Motion can be defined in pixels, percentages, or degrees.
Animation that does not use a range of motion
Visibility and color animation do not use a range of motion, because these types of
animation represent a change of state, not a range of values.
Use Object Smart Path
With Object Smart Path, you can easily set the range of motion for an object. The
following example shows how Object Smart Path works.
Example: Use Object Smart Path to define the range of motion for
horizontal slider animation
To define a range of motion for a slider object
1. In the Graphics editor, create a slider object using a line and a rectangle, or copy a
slider object from the Sliders graphic library.
2. Open the Animation dialog box and click the Horizontal Slider tab.
3. In the display, select the rectangle in the slider object.