Understand Graphic Libraries
In this chapter, you will learn how to integrate distance-related graphics, e.g., location plans, free graphics such as logos, symbols from the Tilos library and text fields as OLE objects into a view.
You can integrate both Tilos symbols, graphic files as well as OLE objects (e.g., Excel files).
Symbols are elements of Tilos files and are created over the libraries.
Graphics can be used in most common formats. (*.wmf, *)
Excel tables and diagrams lend themselves as OLE objects.
Note: Distance-related graphics such as location plans and length slices should always be added to a distance cell. Then the graphics can be aligned and scaled on the distance.
To use symbols or graphics multiple times in the same Tilos project, store them in the Tilos Explorer's Graphic Library. You can then insert them multiple times from there. This also reduces the file size. Graphics can also be used as milestone symbols. To do that, see Milestone Symbols.
In the Tilos Explorer > Library >Graphic Library, graphic related items are managed which have no relation to time or distance axis.
Vector Lines
Vector Line Endings
Symbols
Cell Content (Graphic)
Layers
Graphics
Fill Patterns
Color codes
Ways to access
Double-click a graphic line to open the Graphic Editor dialog.
Options
Add Graphic - Click the icon to add new Graphic.
Add Sub Graphic - Click the icon to add new Graphic in the level beneath.
Delete Graphic - Click the icon to delete selected entries in the list.
Properties - Click the icon to open and edit the Properties of a Graphic.
Drag-and-drop files
You can drag image files from Windows Explorer and/or the Tilos Explorer's Graphic Libraries and drop them into list cells and/or to a Activity's File Links tab. When you drag-and-drop an image file into a cell, the picture is inserted at the cursor's location. If the picture is smaller than the cell, the picture retains its original size. If the picture is bigger than the cell, the cell is resized to the extent of the picture.
If you drag-and-drop multiple pictures into the Graphic File list, new entries are created. If a picture you dragged has a duplicate name, it replaces the existing picture in the list. If you drag a picture into the view directly, no changes are made to the library; no new graphic object is created and none is replaced. This is similar to operations from the toolbar.
Exchanging Data with other Programs
Use your computer's clipboard to exchange data types from this list with other programs and vice versa. See Export via the Clipboard for more information.
To export using the clipboard:
Click Export to Clipboard – Use this to copy all of the data in the list to your computer's clipboard to make it available to paste into other programs, such as Microsoft Excel for MS Project and Asta Powerproject, and Primavera:
First, click Export to Clipboard, check/uncheck boxes for all of the fields you want to include/exclude in the Fields for Clipboard Import/Export dialog, and change the Column Numbers and Column Letters to rearrange the order of the exported columns.
Review the Clipboard preview at the bottom of the pane to see the order and fields that are ready for export and click OK.
Finally, paste from the clipboard into MS Excel or a similar tabular program.
Fields that can be exported
Name, Default Milestone Graphic, Milestone Graphic, Performed Graphic, and Baseline Graphic
Note: Only textual data can be exported for this list; graphical data cannot be exported or imported.
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