# Use Symbol Factory

Symbol Factory is a third-party graphics library that provides a large number of quality graphic elements for industrial automation, including pumps, pipes, valves, tanks, mixers, motors, ducts, electrical symbols, flow meters, material handling, sensors, PLCs, transmitters, and ISA symbols. These graphics can be used on graphic displays.

## To open Symbol Factory

- From the Explorer, select Symbol Factory Object.
- When the Objects menu is available, select the Symbol Factory menu item.
- When the Objects toolbar is available, click the Symbol Factory icon.

## To select a graphic

1. Browse the Categories frame, clicking on a category to see the symbols in the right frame.
2. Click on the graphic to select it for the Graphic Display.

   If the graphic is to be used in this original state, it can be dragged and dropped into the Graphic Display.

## To manipulate the graphic

With the graphic selected, it can be modified using Symbol Factory

1. Select Options on the menu.
2. Select Symbol Options from the Drop down menu.
3. The Symbol Options dialog box allows the graphic to be modified in several ways. The orientation can be changed, it can be rotated, and the fill color can be changed and applied to the graphic in different modes.
4. The Preview frame will show the changes made to the graphic.
5. When finished modifying, the graphic can be dragged and dropped from the Preview frame to the Graphic Display, or copied and pasted into the Graphic Display.

You can also add an image from Symbol Factory to a graphic object using the image browser, which will also save the graphic in the Images folder for additional use in other displays.

## Options

- Fill Color Mode
  - Original - Fill colors are not changed.
  - Shaded - Fill colors are shaded according to the selected fill color.
  - Solid - Fill colors are solid according to the selected fill color.
  - Hollow - Fill colors are removed.
- Fill Color
  - Click on this box to change the fill color. Fill color box is enabled only if the Fill Color Mode is set to Shaded or Solid.
- Flip
  - None - Picture will not be flipped.
  - Horizontal - Picture will be flipped horizontally.
  - Vertical - Picture will be flipped vertically.
  - Both - Picture will be flipped horizontally and vertically.
- Rotation
  - 0 - Picture will not be rotated.
  - 90 - Picture will be rotated 90 degrees.
  - 180 - Picture will be rotated 180 degrees.
  - 270 - Picture will be rotated 270 degrees.
- Background Color
  - Click on this box to change the background color for exporting metafiles as bitmaps.

    Tip: | This setting will have NO EFFECT when exporting images as metafiles, VML, or SVG formats.

- Defaults Button
  - Click on this button to return all symbol options to their default values.

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