Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 - Configuring SFC Block Icons

5.2 Configuring SFC block icons
SFC block icon templates
The block icon templates for the "@SFC_RTS" SFC and the instance of an "@SFC_TYPE"
SFC type are provided in the "@PCS7TypicalsBasisLibraryV8.pdl" template picture.
The templates for the block icons can be present in different versions.
The variants of a block icon are distinguished by the "/" character at the end of the icon name,
e.g. "<icon name>/2".
Variants "1" and "2" are already present as standard. Other variants are possible.
Variant Remark
1 Standard PCS 7 style
2 APL-based style
3 and higher User-defined variants
<Variant name> User-defined variant; freely selected variant name; max. 16 characters
Example: Block icon for an instance of an SFC type "@SFC_TYPE/2" in variant "2".
Procedure for creating variants
Use the following procedure to perform all changes, for example, to create several variants of
a type:
1. Copy this picture and save it with a new name in the project directory. Change, for example,
the previous file name "@PCS7TypicalsBasisLibraryV8.pdl" to
"@PCS7TypicalsBasisLibraryV8_1.pdl".
If there are several copies of this file, the one used to create OS pictures is always the one
with the alphabetically sorted ending. For example, the files with the ending "..._1.pdl" to
"..._3.pdl". In this case, the file with the ending "..._3.pdl" is used.
2. Create an additional block icon in this copy for each SFC type using the copy/paste
commands.
You assign a variant number or a variant name for the new block icon:
– Variant name: This name must be entered in full for configurations.
– Variant number:
Please observe the tag table mentioned above. For configurations, only the variant
number needs to be entered.
3. Then open the properties for each block icon.
4. Under "General", replace the value (@SFC_TYPE, for example) for the attributes
"StructureType" and "type" with the name of the corresponding SFC type.
Configuration
5.2 Configuring SFC block icons
SFC Visualization (V9.0)
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