# Fan animation based off running status bit

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fan-animation-based-off-running-status-bit/117123>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 17, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fan-animation-based-off-running-status-bit/117123 "2026-09-17T17:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fan-animation-based-off-running-status-bit/117123/5 "2026-09-17T18:13:04Z")

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You can do quite a bit with SVG's if you know how to make it happen.

> [@How to add animation by HTML/CSS scripts in Perspective?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-animation-by-html-css-scripts-in-perspective/75523/14):
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> Okay, so it took me longer than I wanted (my laptop died), but I finally did get around to completing this, and I have to say I'm pretty pleased with the result. This was a fun exercise and I learned something good along the way. I will give you a disclaimer though, other than a rough idea of what an Azimuth Propeller is, I don't know much else. So for instance, I have no idea what the yellow triangle is supposed to indicate and so I didn't add it. I made some assumptions on how I think the re…

Personally though, I would caution you against this. Is rotating the fan really needed to show that the fan is running? I think changing the color and text of the label is more than enough to indicate the status. To each their own though.

If I had to do this, I would get an SVG and animate it similar to the link above illustrates.

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