Machinery TwinAppearance
Colors, visibility, and driving both from variables.
Color
Each object's color has three sources, chosen in the Model section:
| Mode | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Original | Use the materials that came with the imported model |
| Custom | Flat tint with a color you pick |
| Variable | Color driven by a variable at runtime |
Variable-driven color is the classic status display: bind it to a variable whose TwoValuesColor function switches between, say, green and red on a threshold, an andon light on the machine, or the machine part itself blushing red on an alarm from the PLC.
Visibility
Two controls, combinable:
- The visibility toggle, a static show/hide from the object tree.
- A visibility variable, when set, the object is visible while the variable is greater than 0.
Variable-driven visibility is how you fake discrete events cheaply: products appearing at an infeed (Products_Present from the PLC), a part vanishing when picked, tool changes.