Color Dynamic Example

To create a three color traffic light in 2D GraphWorX, do the following:

Create three grey circles, enclose them in a rectangle, send the rectangle to the back, and then group them.
Double click the group, select the three circles and click the Color dynamic tool in the Color section of the Dynamics ribbon.
Set the DataSource property for all three circles to localsim:ramp:::0:1000, their ActiveWhen property to (data>=low) AND (data <=high), AnimationMode to Discrete, TargetProperty to Fill.

These settings change the value regularly over time, set the interval when the color is active, make the animation a stepwise process, and change the fill color. Since all three objects were selected, these settings are applied to all of the circles.

Click the top circle and then set the following settings: LowLimit, 0; HighLimit, 400; UseEndColor, True; EndColor, 0, 255, 0 (green). The UseStartColor property keeps its default of False.
Click the middle circle and change the settings for Step 4 to use: LowLimit, 401; HighLimit, 599; UseEndColor, True; and EndColor, 255, 255, 0 (yellow).The UseStartColor property keeps its default of False.
Click the bottom circle and change the settings for Step 4 to use: LowLimit, 600; HighLimit, 1000; UseEndColor, True; and EndColor, 255, 0, 0 (red).The UseStartColor property keeps its default of False. Refer to the figure below to see the properties for the red circle.
Switch to runtime mode to observe your newly created traffic light.

The top circle will be red for two seconds; yellow will appear in the center circle for a second while red goes back to grey; and then the bottom circle turns green for two second while the top two circles are grey. After five seconds are over the display cycles. The timing is a property of the localsim:ramp simulator, which has as a default period setting set to 5 seconds. You can change this value as part of the simulator's definition.