AspenTech Support Center Solution 111077

12/22/2014

How do I animate the color of a custom symbol?

Solution ID:

111077

Product(s):

Aspen IP.21 Process Browser

Version(s):

2004.2, 2006, 2006.5, V7.1, V7.2, V7.3, V8.0, V8.0.4, V8.4, V8.5, V8.7

Primary subject:

Graphics Studio

Last Modified:

27-Mar-2003

Associated Solutions:
How do I get animation to work for IP_TextDef tags in Graphic Studio?

ID: 138253

Problem Statement
After working with a symbol as follows:
1. Create the symbol.
2. Drag and drop it into a project.
3. Choose Make Dynamic from the symbol's Properties menu (i.e. right-mouse click on the symbol).
4. Assigning conditions under the Animation tab (also available from the Properties menu), such as.
Condition
<1
>0

Foreground/Background
[Green]
[Red]

5. Sourcing the symbol to an IP.21 tag that holds values of 0 or 1

6. Choosing File | View in Browser.
The symbol colors do not change when changing the IP.21 tag value back and forth to 0 and 1.

Solution
It is necessary when first creating the symbol to choose the Neutral color from the Properties menu. If the
symbol is created with the Neutral color, it will then respond to animation conditions. To do this:
1. When creating the symbol, right-mouse click on the symbol and choose Properties.
2. On the General tab, in the Fill section, click the drop-down for Color, and choose Neutral from the
color palette.
This functionality can be useful -- in the symbol editor, if you build a symbol with multiple elements, by
choosing a color for some elements, you essentially "lock" those elements, because they do not respond
to animation conditions. However the elements in the symbol that have the Neutral color will actively
respond to animation conditions.

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