User's Manual as integrated product aid: TNCguide
Application
The integrated product aid TNCguide offers the full content of all User's Manuals.
The User's Manual supports you in the safe handling of the control according to its intended use.
Proper and intended use
Related topics
- The Help workspace
Requirement
In the factory default setting, the control offers the integrated product aid TNCguide in German and English language versions.
If the control cannot find a TNCguide language version matching the selected dialog language, it opens TNCguide in English.
If the control cannot find a TNCguide language version, it opens an information page with instructions. With the link available there and the steps provided, you can supplement the files missing in the control.
You can also open the information page manually by selecting the index.html file (for example, at TNC:\tncguide\en\readme). The path depends on the desired language version (e.g., en for English).
With the steps provided you can also update the TNCguide version. Updating may be required (e.g., after a software update).
Description of function
The integrated TNCguide product aid can be selected within the Help application or in the Help workspace.
Operation of TNCguide is identical in both cases.
The Help application
- Open TNCguide in the Help workspace
TNCguide includes the following areas:
1 | Title bar of the Help workspace |
2 | Title bar of the integrated product aid TNCguide |
3 | Content column of TNCguide |
4 | Separator between the columns of TNCguide Adjust the column width by means of the separator. |
5 | Navigation column of TNCguide |
Icons
The Help workspace
The Help workspace within the Help application includes the following icons:
Icon | Meaning |
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Open or close the Search results column | |
Open Home page The start page displays all available documentation. Select the desired documentation using navigation tiles (e.g., TNCguide). If only one piece of documentation is available, the control opens the content directly. When a documentation is open, you can use the search function. | |
Open Tutorials | |
Navigate Navigate between the contents opened recently | |
Refresh |
TNCguide
The integrated TNCguide product aid includes the following icons:
Icon | Meaning |
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Open Structure The structure consists of the content headings. The structure serves for main navigation within the documentation. | |
Open Index The index consists of important keywords. The index serves as an alternative navigation within the documentation. | |
Navigate Display previous or next page within the documentation | |
Open or close Display or hide the navigation | |
Context-sensitive help
You can open TNCguide for the current context. Context-sensitive help means that the relevant information is displayed directly (e.g., for the selected item or the current NC function).
To call context-sensitive help, the following elements are available:
Icon or key | Meaning |
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Help icon If you select the icon and then one of the items in the user interface, the control will open the associated information in TNCguide. | |
HELP key If you press the HELP key while editing an NC block, the control will display the associated information in TNCguide. |
If you call TNCguide in a certain context, the control opens the contents in a pop-up window. If you select the Show more button, the control will open TNCguide in the Help application.
If the Help workspace is already open, the control displays TNCguide there and will not open a pop-up window.
Searching in TNCguide
Using the search function, you can search for the entered search terms within the open documentation.
Use the search function as follows:
- Enter a string in Search
- Tip
The search starts automatically after you enter a character.
If you wish to delete the entry, use the X symbol within the entry field.
- The control opens the column containing the search results.
- The control marks references also within open content pages.
- Select the reference
- The control opens the selected content.
- The control continues displaying the results of the last search.
- Select an alternative reference if necessary
- Enter a new character string if required
Copying NC examples to clipboard
Use the copy function to copy NC examples from the documentation to the NC editor.
To use the copy function:
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