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Graphics Editor (GEDI)
Used for creating and editing panels, provides tools for creating and configuring graphic objects.
Simple Configuration
Simple configuration windows and panels support you in combining events (such as a mouse click) with different actions such as setting data point values, showing panels or changing attributes.
Initialize/Scale object

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- Project Administration
  The chapter contains a description of the process monitor as well as the project administration.
- Graphics Editor (GEDI)
  Used for creating and editing panels, provides tools for creating and configuring graphic objects.
  - GEDI, basics
  - The catalog window
  - The Script Editor
  - The Property Sheet
  - Creating graphics objects
  - Simple graphics objects
  - Complex graphics objects
  - Simple Configuration
    Simple configuration windows and panels support you in combining events (such as a mouse click) with different actions such as setting data point values, showing panels or changing attributes.
  - ScriptWizard
    Simple wizard for creating graphical user interfaces for users without prior programming knowledge.
  - Version control, basics
  - Style Sheets, basics
  - Standard Symbols (STD_Symbols)
    Symbol library consisting of graphics objects for the quick display and design of system diagrams.
  - Expandability of GEDI
  - Simple Symbols, basics
    The "Simple Symbols" functionality is used to simply assign corresponding symbols to data point types and increase the working comfort when working with different symbols.
  - Layout management
    Layouts change the size and position of objects according to parameters previously defined in the GEDI.
  - Object-Oriented Panel References
    Reusable objects built with the GEDI tools. Insert them within an existing panel to provide a graphical element.
  - Input Recording
- System Management
  The System Management is the central administrative unit for WinCC OA Systems.
- Wizard Framework
  Used for easy creation of wizards in a uniform layout style. The key elements "Navigation Bar" and "Bottom Bar" can be customized to fit the needs of the custom wizard.
- XML Panel Format
  The XML (Extensible Markup Language) panel format allows creating WinCC OA panels.
- Simple Symbols, basics
  The "Simple Symbols" functionality is used to simply assign corresponding symbols to data point types and increase the working comfort when working with different symbols.
- ScriptWizard
  Simple wizard for creating graphical user interfaces for users without prior programming knowledge.
- Panel topology/Group alert facility
  Tree structure for process panels with integrated group alert system
- Object-Oriented Panel References
  Reusable objects built with the GEDI tools. Insert them within an existing panel to provide a graphical element.
- Multilingual Projects
  WinCC OA is designed to provide both Native Language Support and Multi Language Support.
- Translator
  The WinCC OA Translator functionality supports you in creating and maintaining multilingual projects. It offers a convenient interface for translation of reusable terms.
- Layout management
  Layouts change the size and position of objects according to parameters previously defined in the GEDI.
- Generic Dialog Framework
  The Generic Dialog Framework is an easy way to generate your own dialogs by adjusting a set of prefabricated panels.
- Simple Configuration
  Simple configuration windows and panels support you in combining events (such as a mouse click) with different actions such as setting data point values, showing panels or changing attributes.
Data Management
Classify, structure and archive your data.
Business Logic / Control
Endless possibilities in data processing for your projects.
Data Visualization
User interfaces, Trends and Reports for every purpose and device.
Southbound Interfaces
The process connection to the actual machines/sensors.
Northbound Interfaces
Your portal to the cloud or supervising systems.
Web Connectivity / Network Interfaces
Data exchange, APIs and web technologies
User Management
All about authorization, authentication and login-customization.
Availability
How to get your system uptime to the maximum.
Reporting
Create state of the art project reports without limits.
Addons
Useful tools and enhancements for special demands.
Reference Tables
Detailed and extensive content for special project adaptation.
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Explore the capabilities of WinCC OA with our carefully selected collection of video tutorials and guides.
WinCC OA Documentation
Basic information about terms and functions within the documentation.
Disclaimer
A brief clarification of liability exclusions or legal notices.

Initialize/Scale object

Changes the size of the object depending on the value change of the selected data point. Changes in the X-axis and Y-axis direction are configured separately.

If you do not want to scale a particular axis, click on the Skip button (see figure below).

The basis for calculating the percentage may be the WinCC OA range created as data point config in the PARA module (see Reference PARA) or fixed values. The starting point (100 %) is always the value originally drawn in GEDI.

Result: The object displays the data point value by its size.

Example: Volume or liquid level growth. Display of CO readings by a rectangle (CO bar) whose dynamic size indicates readings. Bar displays can be used for any values.

Figure 1. Scale vertical dialog box

Scale vertical example

For example, you can display the temperature of a motor in the range 0 to 100 °C. The scale displays the temperature similar to a mercury thermometer. Draw a rectangle and configure as follows for Scale object:

Click Skip for scale in X direction.
Select the online value of the data point, for example, ExampleDP_Arg1 (see Figure).
Click "fixed values".
As minimum enter , for example, 0 and as maximum , for example, 100.
Enter, for example, 0 % for minimum and , for example, 100 % for maximum.
Click Finish.

In the VISION module open the panel and observe how the size ( for example, of your rectangle) changes depending on the online value. At 10 °C your "scale" (temperature display) is only 10 % of the original size of your object.

For fixed values you must enter the range in absolute figures and the related scaling factor in per cent.
If you want to scale the object independently of the WinCC OA range, you just have to enter the related scaling factor in per cent.

Example

If you set the minimum to 0 %, the minimum of the WinCC OA range will be taken as the zero value of the scale, that is, with a minimum of 25 the scale starts at 25. With a WinCC OA range with 0 as minimum and 100 as maximum, with 0 % minimum and 100 % the scale will display from 0 to 100.

The size taken as 100 % scale factor is the size you drew the graphics object in the panel. The graphics object changes its size from the point at which you started drawing (reference point).