Introduction.

Workshop PG5
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6.4 Organization of the SB’s
The SB List:
When you create a graftec file, the graftec editor opens a Sequential Block 0 with an
initial step for you. The SB 0 then is automatically entered into the SB list. To access
this list, open the graftec file, and either click on the SB list icon, or click on
File, then click on SB lists. This will display the list of SB’s in the opened file. You
can have several SB’s in one file. (The maximum number of SB’s in a PCD is 32).
Click on Edit and the SB number is displayed. (don’t confuse this number with the
numbers of the individual elements. This number refers to the entire string of elements
in the SB). Also there is a place to enter a name. We recommend that a
name be entered for the SB. This will be helpful when navigating through your SB’s.
If you don’t enter a name, the list will just display the number.
Add SB’s to
the list:
As mentioned, you can have several SB’s in one file. To add additional SB’s to a
file, open the SB list window, (displayed above) and click on Create. The Edit
SB window will be displayed with the next available SB number.
Enter a name for the SB and click on OK. This will add the SB to the list. You can
then select the SB you want by highlighting it and clicking on Load. This will display
the initial step for the selected SB. Now we can structure the sequence elements for
the SB.
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