AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS IN A CONTROL LOOP STRATEGY DIAGRAM

摘要

Editing an appearance object corresponding to a control object having a plurality of attributes and displayed on a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays a plurality of interconnected appearance objects in a strategy diagram, where each of the plurality of interconnected appearance objects corresponds to an aspect of a control process. An appearance object is selected for editing. A pre-defined symbol from a template is selected using a graphical editor. The symbol includes either elements representing attributes of the control process or a symbol definition. The symbol replaces the appearance object in the strategy diagram. The symbol definition is modified using a symbol definition editor. The elements are modified corresponding to a desired change of an attribute of the control process.

主权项

1. A method of editing an appearance object displayed on a graphical user interface of a computer, the appearance object corresponding to a control object having a plurality of attributes, the method comprising:
displaying, on the graphical user interface, a plurality of interconnected appearance objects in a strategy diagram, each of the plurality of interconnected appearance objects corresponding to an aspect of a control process; selecting at least one of the plurality of appearance objects displayed in the strategy diagram for editing; selecting a pre-defined symbol from one of a plurality of templates using a graphical editor, wherein the selected symbol includes a plurality of elements, each of the plurality of elements representing a particular attribute of the control process; replacing, in the strategy diagram, the selected appearance object with the selected symbol; and modifying at least one of the plurality of elements associated with the selected symbol corresponding to a desired change of an attribute for the control process.