Create and Add Symbols
Use the Symbol Editor to create and edit symbols. Text annotations can be attached to the center of the symbol's bounding box or to the border at eight different places.
Ways to access
To define or view existing symbols in the Tilos Explorer, click + to expand Library > Graphic Libraries > Symbols. Click the + Add Symbol icon on the right to create a new one. Double-click an existing symbol to view or edit it.
Insert symbols into a view using the Insert toolbar.
Steps
Create library symbols
In the Graphic Libraries, double-click Symbols to see the list of symbols in the working window.
Click the Add Symbol icon the create a new symbol A drawing area for the symbol is opened.
Enter a Name.
You can set the proportions for the drawing area using the limit points at the edge. The white area will be later on used as the object limit!
Add a rectangle as the first object.
Define the Display of the rectangle in the Details Toolbar.
On the Position tab you can decide on the Keep proportion option. Enter 0,00 as the start and the rectangle is placed in the upper left corner. Enter a width and height (length). The final size of a symbol is only then decided when you add this within a cell of a view.
9. Drag the edges to the Rectangle.
10. Add different size ellipses as a "pipe" in the rectangle and position them.
11. Also add a Single Line Text or a Multi Line Text.
12. On the tab Position enter the Pin point for the text to Centre/Begin.
13. On the tab Text select the Format of the text.
14. In the text content field, either enter a free text or select data fields using the F8 button. You have now finished creating a symbol. You should enter the symbol for example in a time-distance cell in order to check its function.
Example:
{Name} at {Center (Distance)} - gives later on the text "storage place for pipe at 1.234"
Add a symbol to a time-distance cell
Open a view with a time-distance cell over the Explorer.
Select the object Insert Graphic Object from the Insert Toolbar.
Create a rectangle in the working area by clicking and dragging in a time-distance cell.
In the Dialog Insert Graphic Object select the option Insert symbol from the library and select the required symbol from the list.
Select in the field Scaling: Distance axis on the tab Position in the Details Toolbar.
Enter the name for the symbol added.
A description of the position information can be found in the reference hand book Programme logic - Objects - Symbol.
Options
Using the buttons on the right edge, you can add new symbols, create new sub patterns, delete selected entries from the list, and open the Properties of a symbol.
The working area provides direct access to edit a currently selected symbol.
Enter the Name. This field can be used for text tokens.
Change the Width and Height of the editor area. This also sets the size of the symbol. This will give the proportions of the object (surrounding rectangle) when it gets inserted into a view/cell.
Text annotations can be placed outside this area if they are pinned to the main frame of the symbol. All other objects should be placed inside the symbol frame.
All values are given in metric data. For text annotation, you can select distance values. Correct values only appear, if the symbol is later inserted as a scaled object into a time distance cell or distance cell. Otherwise, the text is printed: Not accessible.
You can insert all non-Activities objects except for histograms and legends from the Insert Toolbar.
Insert a symbol
Click the Insert Toolbar on the button Symbol or select from the menu Insert - Object the entry Symbol.
Select a symbol from the list in the Preset Toolbar.
Move the mouse to the required position in the working window.
Create the object Symbol by clicking and dragging.
Use the handles to edit the symbol with the mouse.
Use the tab Position in the Details Toolbar to edit the symbol created.
Connect a symbol with an activity
Select the symbol.
Click and drag the yellow/red Pin Point onto an existing Activity until the mouse cursor changes to a large anchor symbol.
Let go of the mouse button.
Set defaults for creating objects
Select an object on the object toolbar.
Templates can be set before drawing in the Object Area. These settings are however used as a template for all objects.
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 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 or 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.
These fields can be exported:
Name
Note: Only textual data can be exported for this list; graphical data cannot be exported or imported.
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