Design window

Use the Design window to:

StepsAdding components to the Design window

To create a project or job, you must add and connect components and set their properties. You can add components to the Design window in any of these ways:

  1. Select the component in the Component Store and drag it to the Design window. Use this method to add components to projects as well as jobs. The other methods allow you only to add components to projects.

  2. Double-click a component in the Component Store.

  3. Right-click a component in the Component Store and select Add.

  4. Right-click the port of an existing component in the Design window and select Add Component. Point to the component type and select the component you want to add. The component is added before or after the existing component depending on whether the selected port is an input or an output port.

StepsDeleting components from the Design window

  1. In the Design window, select the component to delete.

  2. Right-click and select Delete.

StepsProcessing general commands

  1. Right-click anywhere in the Design window to open the general project menu. This menu displays general commands, such as Close and Print. Right-click a component to open the Component pop-up menu. The Component menu displays component-specific commands.

  2. Select the action you want to perform.