jBEAM 8.0.0

Owned by Stefan Appl
Last updated: Sept 15, 2022
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Releasedate: Nov 30, 2021

Important new Features

Revised Blockdiagram

 

The block diagram window (menu path Window → Blockdiagram) was completely revised:

  • Nodes and links are highlighted on click

  • Elements have a context menu

  • Zoom is possible with „Ctrl + mouse wheel“

  • With a click on a link the corresponding channel will be highlighted in Spreadsheet and Explorer, if the window synchronization is active.

 

For header and footer, several master pages with different display options can be defined:

  • Distinction between even/uneven/title page and portrait/landscape mode

  • Limitation to printing, screen or report possible 

  • Display in foreground (e.g. for confidential logo) or background

Component Collection

 

For a better overview in large projects it is possible to combine producer components to collections. This option is available in the context menu when selecting multiple components in the explorer (“New component collection …”). Alternatively, it is possible to use the menu path Math → Conversions → Component Collection. In difference to component groups the contained elements of component collections and their generated data objects are still visible in the project.

Excel Importer

 

The Excel Importer has been completely revised. It is now possible to import multiple data blocks, also from different sheets. The tab “File Structure” offers different types of data blocks (meta data, channel block, matrix, single channel, single value), that can be added as needed and configured separately under “Settings”.

Channel Names and Unit Mapping – Definition of unknown Units

 

The channel names and unit mapping has been complemented with the new function unit replacement. Similar to the normal mapping, a replacement file can be selected. This is used to replace any unit name (e.g. kilovolts) by a unit known to jBEAM (e.g. kV). However, there is no conversion at this point. The now known units can be converted by the normal Name/unit mapping coming next.

Font Templates
 

 

It is now possible to create Font Templates (available through menu path Services → System → Template Manager). Font family, style and size can be set. The defined template will then be available at the font selection in component dialogs. This is a way to define a uniform font layout for all analyses, that can easily be used for corporate design. 

New Option “at Sampling Points” for axis ticks

 

The configuration for “Major ticks” at axes provides the new option “at Sampling Points”. This enables a better axes presentation of string channels.

Value labels without intersections

 

Intersection of value labels can now be avoided. If the option “avoid intersections” is active, labels will be suppressed in a way that the remaining ones are not intersecting each other. Therefore, the labels are better readable.

Multiple Data analysis instances at the same time

 

It is now possible to display multiple Data analysis windows at the same time (e.g. via the menu path Window → Miscellaneous → Data analysis). The x-axes can be synchronized. 

Synchronize all data analysis windows: moving one graph in a data analysis causes the same axes shift in the other data analysis (the example shows shifting and zooming of the x-axis).

Measure Module OPC Unified Architecture

 

This new measurement component for automation engineering (e.g. via Siemens S7) supports the current standard OPC UA. Reading (via input objects) and writing (via output objects) access is supported. Access authorization is considered.

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