FabyaVision Studio · Design
A project tree, a page editor and table editors cover the whole project in one workspace. The finished project runs in Live.
Overview
Studio has its own title bar and a single-row toolbar; the project tree, page editor and inspector share one window. Tag, alarm, recipe and report definitions are edited in spreadsheet-like table editors.
Device and Live settings, pages (2D, faceplates and 3D), tags, connections, alarms, recipes, history, scripts, tasks, reports, text lists, languages and users in a single tree.
2D and 3D pages are drawn with drag and drop.
The Properties, Animations, Events and Texts tabs of the selected object.
Every table imports from and exports to Excel (.xlsx); Excel does not need to be installed. Preview, one-step undo and a blank template are included. Rows are duplicated by dragging the corner down as in Excel; names get _1, _2 and addresses advance by the size of the data type. Column widths are set by dragging and are remembered.
Studio does not connect to PLCs. It can only test the TCP port of a connection address. Live values appear in Live.
Page editor
Almost any property of an object can be bound to a tag. There is no separate list of animation types.
Size, position, color, text and the settings specific to the object type.
Color, text, visibility, position, size, angle, blink and opacity are bound to a tag. The conversion is direct or uses a range table.
Every object offers 13 event types and more than 30 ready-made functions: load, click, press and release, pointer, key, change…
Texts on objects are collected automatically into the project text table.
A tag carrying a tank level is bound to the fill color of an object through a range table.
| Range | Fill color |
|---|---|
| 0 – 20 | Low |
| 20 – 85 | Normal |
| 85 – 100 | High |
Object library
From pumps to HVAC ducts and from silos to robots, equipment drawings are vector objects generated in code. Their colors and motion bind to tags. Panel components are drawn at their real size; in the editor they snap onto a DIN rail, mounting plate, door or MCC section, and move with the enclosure.
Many equipment objects carry a ready-made state model. They move while running and flash on a fault; all four colors can be changed.
The Siemens and ABB panel equipment is drawn to resemble these companies’ products; it carries no logos, brand lettering or order numbers. Siemens and ABB are trademarks of their respective owners; FabyaVision is not affiliated with these companies.
I/O field, symbolic I/O, status indicator, check box, button, round and diamond button, switch, selector switch, increment / decrement, bar, gauge, slider, clock, analog clock, list box, option buttons, HTML browser, PDF viewer, computer info.
Trend, alarm, recipe, report and event views; IP camera; page window; menu and toolbar; PLC connection status; user view; for header and footer bars, status info, navigation bar, command buttons and alarm bar.
Fields specific to the recipe and report design pages: record selector, transfer panel, record table, date filter, signature block, period summary.
3D scenes
The scene is built in meters and equipment is placed with the Standard or the Realistic model. Tag binding, animation and events work as in 2D.
A simple model: the basic shape and color of the equipment.
A detailed model for 730+ objects: flanges, bolts, feet, nameplates; cast, painted and steel finishes.
The model is an object property and is not bound to a tag. From the page properties the whole scene can be switched to the Realistic or Standard model in one step, and switched back. Basic shapes, the flow arrow and the cloud have a single model.
Choose a ground size from 10 × 8 m up to 80 × 50 m.
Drag or click to place. Handles for moving, rotating (Q / E), raising and scaling; multi-select, copy and paste.
The alignment guide lines objects up; the collision check shows overlaps.
Platform floors with adjustable height, columns, railings and transparency.
Day, Evening, Night and Studio lighting, shadows and saved views. The project-wide 3D quality is set to High or Fast.
The scene also turns to show it from below, and the mouse wheel moves through walls and floors. In Studio you walk through the plant with W A S D and Q / E while holding the right mouse button, or in Navigation mode (G). Live has a navigation cube and an automatic tour camera.
A new 3D page is derived from a 2D page’s right-click or Insert menu. The 2D page stays untouched; the result is added as “name_3B” and can be undone in one step.
Treats the page as a process diagram. Places equipment at real size, turns pipes into 3D pipes, elbows and tees and seats them on the equipment, and puts indicators as plates in front of their equipment. Adds a floor, fence, lighting and ready-made views.
Leaves every object where it is on the 2D page, laid out on the floor plan. Suits scenes you plan to shape by hand afterwards.
In both modes tag bindings and events carry over to the new page; those that cannot are listed.
3D needs a graphics driver with WebGL support. 2D objects cannot be placed on a 3D page.
Tags and data
External tags bind to PLC addresses; internal tags are kept in the project. Type, limits, scaling and quality are defined per tag.
Types from Bool to WString and DateTime; the chosen driver narrows the set. Unit, description, start value, group and folder are defined per tag.
A structure is defined once and generates tags per instance, such as Pump_P101.Speed. For S7, Studio calculates the DB and byte / bit offsets. One faceplate is drawn for the structure; its objects bind to the members without a prefix and the window opens with the instance prefix.
Linear scaling is set per tag: raw and engineering ends, clamping and reverse-direction writing. The quality code carries the connection and limit state (192 good, 84 out of limits, 8 no connection) and can be read from scripts. A fallback value can be used while the connection is down.
Siemens S7, Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU / ASCII (serial port), OPC UA (client), EtherNet/IP, Mitsubishi MC, Omron FINS, OPC DA, MQTT, and a built-in simulator for working without a PLC.
Connectivity page
Named time settings: tags, archives, tasks and pages use them.
Lists that turn a numeric value into text or a graphic; used by symbolic I/O fields and status indicators.
Design tables
These definitions are entered in tables; recipes and reports also have their own design pages.
Digital (bit or value) and analog (>, ≥, <, ≤, =, ≠) alarms; hysteresis, delay and priority. Alarm classes set the colors, whether acknowledgment is required and archiving. The source object sets which object Live goes to from the alarm.
The trend view reads from the archive or straight from live tags: many curves, multiple Y axes, limit lines.
Element definition (type, limits, tolerance, unit), draft and approved records, transfer to the PLC (direct or handshaked, with read-back), and a script before and after the transfer. A recipe page starts from one of 10 ready templates.
Triggered or manual records; daily, shift, weekly, monthly and batch summaries; approval and signature block. Output as Excel, CSV and PDF. Report pages have 11 ready templates in screen and paper layouts.
Cyclic, on-change or triggered recording. A local file is always written; CSV and SQL Server mirroring are optional. Retention time and automatic cleanup are configurable.
10 trigger types: cyclic, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, one-time, tag change, tag condition, Live start and Live shutdown.
Scripting
VBScript, JavaScript, C and Python are written and checked in the same editor. The VBScript, C and Python engines ship with the product; no Windows Script Host, C compiler or Python installation is needed.
A subset of Windows VBScript: Dim, Const, Class, On Error Resume Next and many built-in functions. CreateObject gives dictionary, regular expression, ADODB (ODBC) and file system objects.
' 80% and above: status text “High”
Option Explicit
Function Action()
If SmartTags("Tank1_Seviye") >= 80 Then
SmartTags("Tank1_Durum") = "High"
Else
SmartTags("Tank1_Durum") = "Normal"
End If
Action = 0
End FunctionThe WebView2 JavaScript environment itself; there is no separate engine. Tag.read, Tag.write, Screen.open, Screen.back, notify and User.name are ready to use; the older Turkish names (Tag.oku, Tag.yaz…) still work.
// 80% and above: status text “High”
var seviye = Tag.read('Tank1_Seviye');
Tag.write('Tank1_Durum', seviye >= 80
? 'High'
: 'Normal');An ANSI-C interpreter: struct, union, enum, typedef, pointers and macros. Besides the standard headers, more than 350 Live functions are ready (GetTag*, SetTag*, OpenPicture…).
#include "apdefap.h"
// 80% and above: status text “High”
int gscAction(void)
{
float seviye = GetTagFloat("Tank1_Seviye");
SetTagChar("Tank1_Durum", seviye >= 80.0f
? "High"
: "Normal");
return 0;
}A subset of Python 3.12: classes, generators, match / case, f-strings and a ready-made part of the standard library (math, datetime, json, re, csv…).
# 80% and above: status text “High”
def action():
seviye = scada.read("Tank1_Seviye")
scada.write("Tank1_Durum",
"High" if seviye >= 80 else "Normal")
return 0There are no breakpoints or step-by-step execution.
A script’s access to the outside is tied to three permissions. All three are off by default and are turned on in the General tab of the Live Settings.
VBScript, C and Python calls are limited to 30 seconds; a second call that arrives while the same trigger is still running is skipped.
WinCC scripts. Some object names in VBScript and C resemble WinCC’s scripting environment, but only a subset is implemented. Compile and check scripts brought in with Convert in Studio.
AI
Type what you want to do; the assistant creates tags, pages, objects and scripts in the project. The model runs on this computer.
The AI Package does not come with the installer; download it separately from the Download page.
Explore the AI Assistant
Project management
Collects tags with a missing or unresolvable address and unknown connection addresses in the Problems list. For scripts there is also Compile (F9).
Every upload to Live creates a revision and asks for a short description. The revision history is kept in the project file, and automatic backups are made.
Produces a Live file (.fvl) from the project and writes it to Live’s project folder, keeping the old version in the Yedek folder. Live opens only this file. Start Live (F5) writes the same file next to the project and starts Live with it.
Users, groups and numbered permissions are defined; permissions apply at object, page and menu level. A new project comes with three groups and seven ready permissions; passwords are stored as salted hashes.
Studio’s interface, including its warning and error messages, runs in 6 languages, and the choice is remembered.
Pick the theme from the theme button on the top bar, the Options › Theme menu or the Studio Settings window. The interface scale can be set between 80% and 150%.
Studio
Screen editor, object library, layers, pop-up windows, favorites and the screen template wizard.
Open pageOne window for every instance of a structure: member bindings without prefix, templates, opening.
Open page3D editor, Standard and Realistic models, floors, saved views and converting a 2D screen to 3D.
Open pageEnclosure, door, rails, devices and heat calculation step by step; 3D scene, views and bill of materials.
Open pageBinding properties to tags, direct and range-table conversion, the state model, events and event functions.
Open pageThe Connections table, driver selection, connection test, diagnostics, reconnection and password storage.
Open pageExternal and internal tags, scaling, quality, structures (UDT), series duplication and Excel transfer.
Open pageDiscrete and analog alarms, alarm classes, priority, hysteresis, delay, acknowledgment tag and the Alarm view.
Open pageData archive recording methods, storage, retention and the Trend view: curves, axes and limits.
Open pageRecipe items, Approved and Draft records, the total rule, PLC transfer, design templates and Excel.
Open pageTriggered records, period summary, approval, print layout, 11 design templates, Excel / CSV / PDF output.
Open pageVBScript, JavaScript, C and Python; code completion, compile, sample gallery and permissions off by default.
Open pageType requests for tags, screens, objects and scripts, and dry run code. The model runs on your PC.
Open page10 triggers, catch-up of missed tasks at startup, the task status window and scheduling examples.
Open pageUsers, groups and numbered authorizations; object, screen and menu authorization; session time and action log.
Open pageText and graphic lists, project languages, translation with Excel and the 6 interface languages of Studio.
Open pageCheck project (F7), revisions and backup, the .fvs project file, upload to Live and table transfer with Excel.
Open pageWith the trial, open the sample project, change a page and run it in Live with the simulator.