New symbols can only be created under the custom standard. The available options are the category, size and states. At least one state should be selected when creating any symbol.
Tip: Before creating a new custom symbol, check that the states and category required for the new symbol are available by default. Otherwise, it may be necessary to create new states or categories.
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Create a new symbol in one of the alternative ways.
- On the menu bar, point to Graphical Display Editor, point to Symbol Editor and select Create Symbol.
- Right-click the symbol library and click Create Symbol.
- On the toolbar, click .
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In the Create Symbol dialog, specify a name, category, size and states and click Create.
Figure 1. Creating a new symbol The new symbol becomes available in Symbol Editor with the states selected for drawing. Different drawing tools such as line, rectangle and ellipse can be used to draw the graphics for the different states.
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Select the symbol state to be used as the default and set is default to True in the Object Properties pane.
Figure 2. Setting the default state -
Select the signals that should be connectable in SLD Editor via the symbol's Signals property.
- On the menu bar, point to Graphical Display Editor, point to Symbol Editor, point to Symbol and select Object Properties.
- Select Signals property and click ....
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In the Signals Selection dialog, use and to add or remove signals and click OK.
The connectable signal types for symbols are shown on the left side of the Signal Selection dialog. Any signal type can be moved from the left side to the right side and vice versa. These signal types are used to connect to the symbol if the instance is available in the configuration.
Figure 3. Selecting the signals for a symbol -
If the symbol is of control type, select the correct value in the control dialog drop-down list.
Figure 4. Selecting the control dialog type
- Save the symbol to make it available in SLD Editor.