Adapting process pictures
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9.1 How to adapt process pictures
Introduction
To operate and monitor the process, open the OS in SIMATIC Manager and activate the OS
project.
You can make any changes or expansions you like to process pictures in the Graphics
Designer of the WinCC Explorer .
The following automatically generated process pictures contain process objects:
● Picture(3) from unit "UNIT_A"
● Picture(3)(1) from unit "UNIT_B"
Object names are not shown in automatically generated process pictures. In view of this, insert
the "Show/Hide Tag" button from the "@TemplateAPLV8.PDL" template picture into the
"Picture(3)" process picture. Use this button to show/hide the object name.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Open the tree view of the SIMATIC PC station in the left-hand window of the Component
View.
2 Right-click the "OS(1)" folder and select Open object from the shortcut menu.
WinCC Explorer opens.
3 If the user interface language of the WinCC Explorer does not match the user interface
language of the SIMATIC Manager, select the menu command View > Language in the
WinCC Exlorer and change the language.
4 Select the "Graphics Designer" folder in the tree view.
5 Double-click the "Picture(3).Pdl" object in the list in the "Name" column.
The process picture opens in the Graphics Designer .
6 Select the "File > Open" menu command.
The "Open" dialog window opens
7 Double-click the "@TemplateAPLV8.PDL" object in the list in the "Name" column.
The "@TemplateAPLV8.PDL" template picture opens.
8 Select the "Show/Hide Tag" objects.
9 Select the Copy menu command in the shortcut menu.
10 Click the "Picture(3).Pdl" open picture.
11 Select the menu command Edit > Paste.
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