Using the Tool Bar Controls

The NCES Editor tool bar

There are several functions available in the NCES Editor. These can be listed accordingly to the tool bar on the top of the NCES Editor. Thus from left to right the selection of a particular button will lead to:

  1. Create NCES module: Click on the icon on the far left in the tool bar and drag an NCES module rectangle in the draw area.
  2. Add Place: Add a place to the NCES model. (Note there may be defined several NCES modules – the place can be added to one of the modules or have no module.)
  3. Add Transition: Add a transition to the NCES model (Note there may be defined several NCES modules – the transition can be added to one of the modules or have no module.)
  4. Add Condition Input: Click on the NCES module to add a new condition input to it
  5. Add Condition Output: Click on the NCES module to add a new condition output to it
  6. Add Event Input: Click on the NCES module to add a new event input to it
  7. Add Event Output: Click on the NCES module to add a new event output to it
  8. Add Flow Arc: Connect Place and Transition with the Flow Arc.
  9. Add Condition Arc: Connect Place to Transition or to Condition Output OR connect Condition Input to Transition or to Condition Input of an internal NCES module OR connect Condition Output to Condition Input, Transition or to the Condition Output of the NCES module that owns a current NCES module.
  10. Add Event Arc: Connect Transition to Transition or Event Output OR connect Event Input to Transition or to Event Input of internal NCES module OR connect Event Output to Transition, Event Input or to the Event Output of the NCES module that owns the current NCES module.
  11. Load NCES model: Loads an NCES model (NB! Is not implemented in all the releases including v050225 – on the features list)
  12. Save NCES model: Saves edited NCES model to HDD.
  13. UNDO button: undoes the previous modification. This function can be invoked also with the keyboard combination CONTROL-Z.
  14. REDO button: redoes the previous modification that was undone with the UNDO button. Also works with the key combination CONTROL-Y.
  15. Select: click on this button and then drag a rectangle around a set of elements in the draw area to make them all selected simultaneously. The set of elements can then be dragged as one entity. Note that IOs cannot be selected in this way.