HMI Symbol boundary

PLCnext Engineer
1

Hi I do have a request.
It would be nice if it was possible to set visual border boundaries for symbols.
For example:

  • Rectangle 400 by 400 at X0, Y0. A yellow block 400 by 400 at X-400, Y0.
  • Over time the yellow block will slide into vision towards X0, Y0.
  • Now the issue is as follows:
    The HMI page where to implement it has a rectangle from 300 by 300 at say X-300, Y100.
  • We implement the „Slide“ symbol that we made at X0, Y0.
  • Now the Yellow bit is in front/behind the 300by300 rectangle and visible.
  • It is not possible to set a background color in front of the yellow rectangle as this will interfere from time to time with other overlapping symbols.
  • Solution:
    Set border boundaries for symbols
  • This will prevent „bleed over“ from the yellow rectangle at X-400
  • The yellow rectangle will only be (progressively) visible from X0, Y0

With kind regards,
Sharp_Stone

2

Dear Sharp_Stone,
Thank you for the description of the problem, do you also have screenshots or a video to let us „see“ the problem? That would help us with defining the problem.
Met vriendelijke groet / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards,
Henk Welgraven
Technical Support Engineer
Industrial Electronics
PHOENIX CONTACT B.V.
Postbus 246
6900 AE ZEVENAAR
Tel. +31 (0)316 59 17 20
mailto:support@phoenixcontact.nlwww.phoenixcontact.nl

3

Hi Henk,
I uploaded a screen-capture video of the „situation“ hopefully this will clarify my intensions.
The yellow bar is a visual representation of when the start button can be pressed again after a certain time.
(for demonstration purposes it is now in a loop)
PLCnext Slide in/out overlap With kind regards,
Sharp_Stone

4

Hi Sharp_Stone,
We have passed your request to the software department as an improvement request.
So hopefully this problem will be fixed in a future release.
Thank you for you input.
Met vriendelijke groet / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards,
Henk Welgraven
Technical Support Engineer
Industrial Electronics
PHOENIX CONTACT B.V.
Postbus 246
6900 AE ZEVENAAR
Tel. +31 (0)316 59 17 20
mailto:support@phoenixcontact.nl www.phoenixcontact.nl

5

Dear Sharp_Stone,
thank you very much for the detailed requirement.
We put it to our requirements backlog for further developments.
Kind regards
Carsten.

6

Since the community works again, any update? =)