Using the Tool Bar Controls
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:
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.)
- Add Condition
Input: Click on the NCES module to add a new condition input to it
- Add Condition
Output: Click on the NCES module to add a new condition output to it
- Add Event Input:
Click on the NCES module to add a new event input to it
- Add Event Output:
Click on the NCES module to add a new event output to it
- Add Flow Arc:
Connect Place and Transition with the Flow Arc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Load NCES model:
Loads an NCES model (NB! Is not implemented in all the releases
including v050225 – on the features list)
- Save NCES model:
Saves edited NCES model to HDD.
- UNDO button: undoes the previous modification. This function can be
invoked also with the keyboard combination CONTROL-Z.
- REDO button: redoes the previous modification that was undone with the
UNDO button. Also works with the key combination CONTROL-Y.
- 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.