Quick Guide to Steps

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Search/Add/Delete Steps

Search for a Step

There are two ways to search for a Step:

In the search box of the Step Library, enter the name of the Step directly (or a keyword in the name).
Click the corresponding Step category to expand the list.

Add Steps

You can add Steps only after you have created a new project or opened an existing one.

Press and hold the left mouse button to select a Step, drag it to any position in the graphical programming workspace and release it.

Delete Steps

There are two ways to delete a Step:

Left-click a Step and press Delete on the keyboard.
Right-click a Step and click Delete in the context menu.

Create/Delete Connections

Create Connections

Connections can only be created among ports of the same data type.
An output port can be connected to multiple input ports, but an input port can only be connected to one output port.

There are two ways to connect Steps:

Hover over an output port of a Step, press and hold the left mouse button and drag to the input port of a succeeding Step, then release the left button.
Click a Step, and configure the inputs under Input in the parameter configuration panel.

Delete Connections

There are three ways to delete connections:

After left-clicking the connection, the connection will be highlighted. Press Delete on the keyboard to delete it.
After right-clicking the connection, the connection will be highlighted, and a context menu will pop up. Then, click Delete.
Click a Step, and select “No Input” from the drop-down menu under Input.

Run Steps

Click Run in the project toolbar to run the entire project.
Click to run the project down from the current Step.
Click to run the current Step independently.

View Outputs

The data output from Step “3D Laser Profiler” is used for the entire project.

Enable Debug Output in the project toolbar.
Run the Steps.
- For Step “3D Laser Profiler”: Click on the Step, then the visualized output will be displayed in Data Viewer.
- For the other Steps: Run the entire project or click on Step “3D Laser Profiler” to pass the data down. Then, click the Step for which you want to view the results, and its visualized output will be displayed in Data Viewer.
  
  In debugging phase, there is no need to re-pass data every time. After running Step “3D Laser Profiler” once to pass data down, you can click to view the visualized output.