Vidmas30 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hello, Everybody, Simple question: how to rotate text or images on HMI in visilogic? Recently updated to version v8.6.1, but neither in other versions nor in the new one I can't find a tool for rotation. Looked in HELP, there are written: Rotate HMI Element"Select an HMI element, then click the Rotate icon on the HMI toolbar; the image rotates by 90°. Note that there must be sufficient space for the element to rotate." But there's no such icon on a HMI toolbar.. Can someone explain this to me? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saragani Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 This option is only visible on the V2xx and V120 PLCs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidmas30 Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hi, Saragani, I'm programing v570. So how about it? Is there any other way to rotate text or image on HMI? Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stein Yair Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 More information regarding this topic can be found in Visilogic's help file under Home > FAQs > Displays > How do I.... > Use Paint to Optimize Images? In brief, you should edit the picture in MS Paint and download it again to the controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidmas30 Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Yeah, it's good to tell.. edit in MS Paint:) If it were black/white PLC, then it would be no problem, because I've done it many times. You should try to edit colour images (those in unitronics images folder) with MS Paint.. It's lots of work and time.. But if there's no other way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 Was this ever resolved for a V570ish controller. I understand that Unitronics wants to watermark their images but do they think that every straight section of pipe should be horizontal on the display. There are no verticle straight sections of pipe, backward elbows, etc.. Can't edit them either because of the watermark. Unitronics boasts about their large selection of images but they are not usable if you can't rotate them the way you need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Flex727 Posted June 16, 2021 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 hours ago, Jesse said: Can't edit them either because of the watermark. What I do is place the image on the HMI screen in VisiLogic, do a screen print to copy the screen, paste it into Paint, crop as needed, then rotate and save as .bmp. This eliminates the watermark. Make sure you have a pixel available in the upper left corner if you want a transparent image. This sounds a bit tedious, but once you've done it a few times it's quick and easy. You can quickly build your own library to use. Also, be sure your HMI display is not expanded size before the screen print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Thanks Flex727. That is a nice work around for the watermark. I thought I had tried everything to bypass it but I guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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