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Flowchart Tab

The Flowchart tab is visible when you are working with a RENO flowchart.

Blocks

For all blocks, you set the block properties in the Block Properties window.

  Add Standard Block adds a new standard block to the current flowchart.

  Add Result Storage adds a new result storage block to the current flowchart.

  Add Conditional Block adds a new conditional block to the current flowchart.

  Add Binary Node adds a new binary node to the current flowchart.

  Add Logic Gate adds a new logic gate to the current flowchart.

  Add Branch Gate adds a new branch gate to the current flowchart.

  Add Summing Gate adds a new summing gate to the current flowchart.

  Add Flag Marker adds a new flag marker to the current flowchart.

  Add GoTo Flag adds a new go-to-flag block to the current flowchart.

  Add Counter Block adds a new counter block to the current flowchart.

  Add Reset Block adds a new reset block to the current flowchart.

  Add Stop Flag adds a new stop flag to the current flowchart.

  Add UI Block adds a new UI block to the current flowchart.

  Add Subchart adds a new subchart block to the current flowchart. When this menu item is selected, the Select Diagram for the Block window will appear, which allows you to select a flowchart that exists in the current project to be represented by the subchart block.

  Auto Arrange automatically arranges the blocks in the diagram so that all blocks are evenly spaced and centered.

  Auto Fit Width automatically arranges the blocks in the diagram to fit the width of the diagram window.

Settings

  Connect Blocks allows you to create connectors between blocks in the current diagram. When this command is selected, click the source block, hold down the left mouse button and drag a line from the source block to the destination block. When the crosshairs are located above the destination block, release the mouse button to create a connector. To stop adding connectors and return to the normal mode, right-click the diagram or clear the Connect Blocks option (i.e., by choosing the command again).

  Add Annotation adds a new annotation to the current diagram. You can edit the text that appears in the annotation by double-clicking it to open the Edit Annotation window.

  Block Properties opens the Block Properties window, which allows you to define the failure, maintenance, optimization, throughput and other characteristics of the selected block. If an annotation is selected, this command opens the Edit Annotation window, which allows you to edit the text for the annotation.

  Set Block Flag allows you to display or remove a red, yellow or green flag above the selected block. These flags have no effect on the analysis or simulation so you can use them for any purpose of interest to you. For example, each flag color could represent a level of analysis that has been completed.

1. • Remove Flag removes the flag from the selected block.

   • Red Flag displays a red flag for the selected block.

   • Yellow Flag displays a yellow flag for the selected block.

   • Green Flag displays a green flag for the selected block.

Selection

  Diagram Actions

1. • Refresh Diagram updates the diagram to show any changes.

1. • Diagram Style opens the Diagram Style window, which allows you to edit the appearance of the diagram.

   • Open Flowchart opens the flowchart that the selected subchart block represents. This option is only available when a subchart block is selected.

   • Open Parent Diagram opens a sub-menu that allows you to select a parent flowchart (i.e., a flowchart that contains a subchart block representing the current flowchart) to open.

   • Export Graphic saves the diagram as a graphic in one of the following formats: *.wmf, *.png, *.gif or *.jpg. You will be able to use the exported graphic in any application, provided that the application supports the file format.

  Cascade Select selects all the blocks that are connected from the selected block, including the selected block itself. This allows you to easily select all blocks that are connected to a block.

  Trace Path traces the path of the selected block. Click another block or the diagram to remove the traced path. The color of the traced path is the same as the color for a selected connector and can be set in the Diagram Style window.

  Connector Priority allows you to change the order of execution of outgoing paths from a block. Note that you can display connector priorities by selecting the Show Connection Priorities check box in the diagram's control panel.