A quick and easy way of selecting blocks and placing these into your circuit program

You have two alternatives to the standard selection of blocks from the programming toolbar icons:

Alternative 1

  1. Open the catalog from the programming toolbar.

  2. Click on the required block in the catalog to select it.

  3. In your circuit program, left-click the block insert position. The block appears at the correct position.

  4. To insert further instances of this block, left-click on the relevant insert positions.

  5. To insert a further block, select it from the catalog and proceed as described under item 3 and 4.

Advantage: When you change between constants/terminals, basic functions and SFBs, you save yourself having to click the relevant icons in the programming toolbar.

Alternative 2

  1. Open the catalog of the programming toolbar.

  2. Click on any block in the catalog to select it.

  3. If you are creating a large program, you can close the catalog and also hide the programming toolbar.

  4. Hold down the Ctrl key and left-click the block insert position in your circuit program. You are displayed a mask with block list, from which you can select the required block with a double-click.

  5. Tip: In the mask header, you will also find an input field. You could, for example, enter the initial letter of the required SFB to restrict the display in the mask to a list of blocks with this initial. You thus do not have to browse the entire mask, and you can quickly find the relevant block.
    The block is inserted at the correct position in your circuit program.

  6. To insert further instances of this block, left-click on the relevant insert positions.

  7. To insert a further block, select it from the catalog and proceed as described previously.

Advantage: You do not have to depend on the catalog and the programming toolbar to create large programs. You can thus close and hide these to provide more screen space for your circuit program.