Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 473)

22 • Animate graphic objects
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Set up height animation
With height animation, an object’s height changes based on a tag value (or the result of an
expression) in relation to the specified minimum and maximum values. For example, if
the value of the expression is halfway between the minimum and maximum values, the
object’s height will be halfway between its minimum and maximum percentage.
Height animation is available for all drawing objects except images and panels.
For more information about setting up height animation, see Help.
Set up rotation animation
With rotation animation, an object rotates around an anchor point based on a tag value (or
the result of an expression) in relation to the specified minimum and maximum values.
For example, if the value of the expression is halfway between the minimum and
maximum values, the object will rotate half the specified amount.
Rotation animation is available for all drawing objects except images, panels, and rounded
rectangles. If you apply rotation animation to text, the text rotates around the anchor point
but remains in the upright position.
For more information about setting up rotation animation, see Help.
Set up horizontal slider animation
With horizontal slider animation, you can use a drawing object to set the value of a tag. To
do this, define a path for the object. At run time, when the operator moves the object
horizontally (using a mouse), the pixel position of the object is translated into values that
are written to the tag. If the tag value is changed externally, the position of the slider
changes as well.
An object can have both vertical and horizontal slider animation.
Horizontal slider animation is available for all drawing objects except images and panels.
For more information about setting up horizontal slider animation, see Help.
Tips
Here are some tips for creating slider objects:
 The Sliders graphic library contains several slider objects you can drag and drop into
your graphic displays. Attach slider animation to the button portion of the slider
object.
 If you create your own slider object, it’s useful to draw an object (for example, a line)
to represent the path the slider will move along.