Rockwell Automation Arena Users Guide - Manual (Page 138)

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Arena .plb libraries
The list of standard Arena picture libraries includes:
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Buldings.plb
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Equipment.plb
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Faces.plb
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Factory.plb
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General.plb
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Machines.plb
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Medical.plb
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Objects.plb
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Office.plb
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Office Equipment.plb
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People.plb
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Symbols.plb
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Vehicles.plb
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Workers.plb
Common shapes may be placed from any of these categories, or they may be added from
the Arena Symbol Factory or other image source by pasting from your Clipboard into a
specific library. If you wish to create your own library of shapes, simply select New from
the Entity Picture Placement window. The “Current Library” displays “(None Opened)”
because the new library has not yet been named or saved. Simply select Add for each
library shape you wish to include in your new library file (or an existing one), and draw or
paste the appropriate images onto the picture editor board. Remember to drag-and-drop
the Ride Point to the appropriate position on your image.
Arena Symbol Factory
Arena animations can also be enhanced using Arena Symbol Factory’s extensive library
of over 4,000 symbols. These symbols can be used for entity, resource, transporter, or
global pictures, or as graphic symbols within a model window. You can copy these images
directly to the Arena model window, add them to your own libraries (.plb files), or add
them to any of the standard Arena picture library files.
The Symbol Factory application
The Symbol Factory is launched from the main Arena toolbar by selecting Tools > Arena
Symbol Factory. The application screen contains three distinct areas: the Preview pane,
showing an enlarged image of the currently selected symbol; the Categories pane,
containing the list of library symbols by groupings; and the Symbol pane, displaying
images of all shapes contained within a selected category. An example of the application
is shown below with the Machining category selected.