Thursday, February 18, 2010

Create Diagram on Power Point

You can draw a diagram or chart using Power Point. On the Drawing toolbar, click Diagram or Organizational Chart .
  • Click the Organization Chart diagram, and then click OK.
  • Do one or more of the following:
  • If you want to add text to a shape, right-click the shape, click Edit Text, and type the text.
  • Text cannot be added to lines or connectors in organization charts.
If you want to add a shape, select the shape you want to add the new shape under or next to, click the arrow on the Insert Shape button on the Organization Chart toolbar, and then click one or more of the following:
  • Coworker— to place the shape next to the selected shape and connect it to the same superior shape.
  • Subordinate— to place the new shape below and connect it to the selected shape.
  • Assistant— to place the new shape below the selected shape with an elbow connector. 
If you want to add a preset design scheme, click AutoFormat on the Organization Chart toolbar, and select a style from the Organization Chart Style Gallery.
  • Click outside the drawing when you are finished.
Draw a line or connector

If you want to use a line to connect shapes and keep them connected, you may want to draw a connector instead of a normal line. A connector looks like a line, but it stays connected to the shapes you attach it to.

Do one of the following:

Draw a line
On the Drawing toolbar, click AutoShapes, point to Lines, and then click the line style you want.
  1. Drag to draw the line.
  2. Do one or both of the following:
  3. To constrain the line to draw at 15-degree angles from its starting point, hold down SHIFT as you drag.
To lengthen the line in opposite directions from the first end point, hold down CTRL as you drag.
If you just want to draw a straight line, click Line on the Drawing toolbar, and then drag to draw the line.

Draw a connector

On the Drawing toolbar, click AutoShapes, point to Connectors, and then click the connector line you want.
  1. Point to where you want to attach the connector.
  2. Connection sites appear as blue circles as you pass the pointer over a shape.
  3. Click the first connection site you want, point to the other object, and then click the second connection site.
Locked or attached connectors appear as red circles. Unlocked connectors appear as green circles.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

System Integrator Reduces Cost

Freedom Automation, an Ohio based systems integrator, recently worked with a packaging OEM customer who wanted to significantly reduce changeover time and run multiple product design. Also important to the projects end results were remote startup and diagnostics, field support, and greater and greater throughput and adjustability. The integrator used the Kinetix Accelerator Toolkit CD, which provided files, program codes, and manuals for implementing a control system. From there, the toolkit provided recommendations for hardware selection, system layout, and even wiring schematics, helping freedom to complete the entire design phase in a matter of hours.

After implementing the solution, Freedom Automation experienced 60 percent to 70 percent in engineering and programming time,. Freedom Automation also experienced a 54 percent cost reduction by using the toolkit.

Though the partnership with Rockwell Automation, able to better serve customer. The initial investment in Rockwell Automation provides a platform for exceptional customer service, not only to the company, but also to the OEM customers and their end users. The important of business impact is: Faster Design means Faster time to Market!