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Tab Overview

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Project: Contains the Workflows List, the Variables List and Workflow specific settings.

Inspector: Shows attributes of the selected Unit.

Unit Library: Lists Units and shows Unit documentation.

Layout: Align and distribute tools.

Workflow Profiling: Analyzes the Workflow in regard to execution time or memory consumption.

Project Tab

Workflows List

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Workflows List: Lists all Workflows in the current Project.

Add Workflow: Adds a new Workflow to the current Project.

Duplicate Workflow: Duplicates the selected Workflow.

Remove Workflow: Removes the selected Workflow.

Workflow Name: Name of the selected Workflow.

Execute On Run: When enabled, the selected Workflow will be executed when the Project is running.

Show Port Values: Shows values (which are transmitted via Cables) next to the ports of Units.

Show Cable Values: Shows values which are transmitted via Cables.

Show Dataflow Visualization: Highlights Cables when triggers and data are transmitted.

Cable Highlighting: Select how Cables will be displayed:

  • Always: Shows Cables in full opaqueness all the time.
  • Mouse Over: Shows Cables while the cursor hovers over a Unit where the Cable is connected to.
  • Selected: Shows Cables if one of the Units the Cable is connected to is selected.

Prevent Deletion: Set whether a Workflow can be deleted or not.

Variables List

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Variables List: Lists all Variables of the current Project.

Add Variable: Adds a new Variable to the current Project.

Remove Variable: Removes the currently selected Variable from the Project.

Create Getter Unit: Places a Getter Unit in the Workflow View.

Create Setter Unit: Places a Setter Unit in the Workflow View.

Name: Name of the Variable.

Variable Type: Type of the Variable.

Value: Value of the Variable.

Force Change: When enabled the change filter of the selected Variable will be disabled.

Inspector Tab

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The Inspector is used to change the name of a Unit and to modify Port Values of Units.
The Unit Name is the only one attribute which is available for all Units (excluding Getters and Setters).

Also see chapter → Unit Attributes.

Library Tab

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Unit Category: Select from different Unit categories.

Search: Unit lookup. Entering a search term immediately shows all matching Units. Pressing the escape key after entering a search term cancels the search and shows all Units again.

Unit List: Lists all Units from the selected category/search result.

Unit Documentation: Shows the Unit documentation.