Editing Equipment Classes
-
Select the
menu.
The Equipment Class List dialog opens.
- Select the equipment type to be edited from the left side of the scroll list.
- Select menu. This opens the Equipment Class Editor window with the selected equipment type data in the entry fields.
- Edit the data as in adding a new equipment type. Then Accept the edited equipment type into the Equipment Library. This adds or deletes the desired attributes.
To define or edit the geometry:
- Select
.
The editing of the geometry is as described in "Defining Equipment Geometry".
To define or edit the nozzle placement
rules:
- Select
.
The editing of the nozzle placement rules is as described in "Defining Nozzle Placement Rules".
To define or edit the equipment vicinity
routing rules:
- Select
.
The editing of the equipment vicinity routing rules is as described in "Defining Equipment Vicinity Routing Rules".
Adding Attributes to an Equipment Class
- To add a new attribute, enter the new attribute name in the Name field in the Local Attributes section; if the attribute is a measurement of some distance, select the Distance check box; and click Add. The new attribute appears in the Local Attributes scroll list. Any equipment attribute included here can be referred to by the Equipment Assembly Language, the Nozzle Placement Language and the Equipment Vicinity Routing Language.
- Selection lists can be created for attributes in the Value field after the new attribute has been added and accepted. The format for defining values is: (value1 value2 value3 ... valueN) with value1 becoming the default value for equipment instances.
- To delete a local attribute, select the attribute in the Local Attributes and click Delete in the Local Attributes section of the dialog.
- Accept the new class with the new local attributes into the equipment library. If the equipment already existed, Accept adds or deletes only those attributes that were set to be added or deleted in the editing session.
- Close the window.