TN 1469 Creating an Industrial Graphic directly from a Tag in 2023 R2

Description 

This article from InSource shows a new process for creating an Industrial Graphic directly from a tag inside of the Industrial Symbol Editor. This will pre-populate the Custom Property of the graphic that you create with the Tag already mapped to the animated Custom Property.

• Author: Glenn Yancey
• Published: 9/30/2024
• Applies to: InTouch 2023 R2 and higher

Details

This new feature came about in 2023 R2, and can be used to quickly create a graphic with a bunch of pre-populated symbols without having the extra steps of mapping your custom properties. 

1. Create a new Industrial Graphic from within InTouch or the Industrial Graphic Toolbox. 
2. Inside of the Industrial Symbol Editor, on the right next to Properties, select Model – Tagname to expose the tagname dictionary.
3. Find a tag, and drag and drop it towards the canvas on the screen.
   
4. You will be prompted to create either of the following:

1.  Graphic element 

1.  You will note that the Animation has already been populated by the Selected Tag.   

OR

2. Industrial Graphic from that tag.  When you select Industrial Graphic, the Industrial Graphic Library will pop up to select a graphic to map this tag to.  Note that the Custom Property of the Industrial Graphic has already been populated by the Selected tag.  

5. You can use this to build a more detailed screen with your tags with less time having to map the tags afterwards!