Navigation path in the Program workspace

Application

If you execute an NC program or a pallet table, or if you test it in the opened Simulation workspace, the control will display a navigation path in the file information bar of the Program workspace.

The control displays the names of all the NC programs used in the navigation path and opens the contents of all NC programs in the workspace. This makes it easier to keep an overview of the execution when calling programs and allows navigating between the NC programs when the program run is interrupted.

Related topics

  • Program call
  • Selection functions

  • The Program workspace
  • The Program workspace

  • The Simulation workspace
  • The Simulation workspace

  • Interrupted program run
  • Interrupting, stopping or canceling program run

Requirement

  • The Program and Simulation workspaces are both opened
  • In the Editor operating mode you need both workspaces to use the function.

Description of function

The control shows the name of the NC program as a path element in the file information bar. As soon as the control calls a different NC program, the control adds a new path element with the name of the called NC program to the bar.

Additionally, the control displays the contents of the called NC program in a new pane in the Program workspace. The control displays as many NC programs side by side as the size of the workspace permits. If necessary, newly opened NC programs will cover previously opened NC programs. The control displays the covered NC programs in a narrow band at the left edge of the workspace.

When execution is interrupted, you can navigate between the NC programs. When you select the path element of an NC program, the control opens the content.

When you select the last path element, the control automatically marks the active NC block with the execution cursor. When you press the NC Start key, the control resumes execution of the NC program from this position.

Called NC programs in the Program workspace in the Program Run operating mode

Depiction of path elements

The control displays the path elements of the navigation path as follows:

Format

Meaning

Black frame

The NC program is visible in the Program workspace and is not covered by other NC programs.

Highlighted in green

The NC program at the current cursor position is active or is considered for program run. If, for example, the cursor is positioned in the called NC program, the calling NC program will be considered for program run.

Highlighted in gray

The NC program is active for execution but will not be considered for program run at the current cursor position. If, for example, you stop the execution and navigate into the calling NC program, the control displays the path element of the called NC program in gray.

Note

In the Program Run operating mode, the Structure column contains all structuring items, even those of the called NC programs. The control indents the structure of the called NC programs.

The structure items allow you to navigate into every NC program. The control displays the associated NC programs in the Program workspace. The navigation path always remains at the current point of execution.

The Structure column in the Program workspace

Cancel simulation

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