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Programming a Path in the Tabular Editor

Requirement: A CNC program object is created with the Table implementation, and the object is open in the tabular editor.

Inserting elements

  1. Double-click the Empty cell in the Type column. Select an element from the list box and press the Enter key.

    If it is the first element in the table, then the fields are populated with the initial values of the element. Otherwise, the element receives the values from the element of the previous line.

    All other fields remain shaded in gray and the element is shown in the graphical editor.

    The last line of the table is a blank line with the type Empty.

  2. To add another element, you can also click the Insert element command in the context menu of a table entry.

Changing a table entry

  1. Double-click a table entry of an element.

    The field is editable or there is a _cds_icon_arrow_down.png symbol for a list box.

    The element is marked in red in the graphical editor.

  2. Change the value of the table entry.

    The change is shown in the graphical editor.

  3. If you click the command Apply value to all elements in the context menu of the table entry, then the current value is applied in all other entries of the same column. Requirement: The value can be used for the respective element type.

Tip

The line number cannot be edited.

Deleting an element

  • Select a line of the table and click the command Remove element in the context menu.

    Tip

    The last line of the table with the type Empty cannot be deleted.