Process control system with automatic generation of human-machine interfaces

A method for generating a human-machine interface (HMI) of a process control environment, the method comprising:

• generating a three-dimensional rendering of at least a portion of the process control environment having one or more control apparatuses with one or more actuators, wherein a respective actuator of the one or more actuators is associated with an object within control code for the process control environment, and the object conforms to a standardized class format comprising a linked data source for a status indicator of the respective actuator and a command for a control element of the respective actuator;
• scanning the control code for at least one included object associated with the one or more actuators that conform to the standardized class format;
• generating, for an included object of the at least one included object, an HMI representation for the respective actuator associated with the included object comprising the status indicator and the control element;
• receiving information from the linked data source of the included object and updating a formatting of the status indicator based on the information;
• and
• affecting a condition of the process control environment by communicating the command of the included object to the respective actuator associated with the included object responsive to a user interaction with the control element of the HMI representation.

A system for generating a human-machine interface (HMI) of a process control environment, the system comprising:

• a server configured to:
• generate a three-dimensional rendering of at least a portion of the process control environment having one or more control apparatuses with one or more actuators;
• generate control code for the one or more actuators, the control code comprising a code object for a respective actuator of the one or more actuators, wherein the code object conforms to a standardized class format comprising a linked data source for a status indicator of the respective actuator and a command for a control element of the respective actuator;
• scan the control code for the code object for the respective actuator;
• generate interface instructions to generate an HMI representation for the respective actuator associated with at least one code object comprising the status indicator and the control element;
• and
• communicate the control code and the interface instructions to a controller for the respective actuator;
• and
• the controller for the respective actuator configured to:
• receive information from the linked data source of the code object and updating a formatting of the status indicator based on the information;
• and
• affect a condition of the process control environment by communicating the command of the code object to the respective actuator associated with the code object responsive to a user interaction with the control element of the HMI representation.