Window: TCG Block Manager


TCG Block Manager window can be opened by:

  • Running Export to block (export_to_cad_icon.png) command
    (at the moment of creating a new block (the block content is primarily, but not exclusively, intended for printing).
  • Running Insert Block command
    (at the moment when you want to use the previously created block)


Window: TCG Block Manager

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Figure 1

The window contains the following items:

  • toolbar
  • tabs
  • list


Toolbar

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Toolbar contains the following tools:

  • stampa_ikonica2.png - New folder
    Creates a new folder. New folder will be created within the selected folder (stampa_ikonica7.png).
  • stampa_ikonica3.png - New block
    Creates a new block.
    Block content will be everything that was on the window workspace at the moment of running the Export to block (export_to_cad_icon.png) command
  • stampa_ikonica4.png - Delete
    Deletes the selected element (folder (stampa_ikonica8.png) or block (stampa_ikonica12.png)).


Tabs

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There are two tabs:

  • TCG blocks
  • Filter

Tab: TCG blocks

This tab displays the pre-prepared folders in which the blocks are placed.
The program will place a new block in the currently selected folder.
The appropriate folder is automatically selected.
For example if Export to block (export_to_cad_icon.png) command was run form FO Schematic Diagram window, and you were in “Fibers” mode at the time, with fibers displayed in circuit names’ colors, then the newly-created block will be placed in the folder: Optics > Fiber > Fiber Circuit Name.
(The Export to block (export_to_cad_icon.png) command can be found in various windows. See details.)

Folders are pre-prepared in order to make the work easier for the user, but the user can also custom-create their own folder structure.
You don’t have to place the block in the offered folder, you can choose the location of the new block on your own.
In addition, you can create new folders and put the blocks in them.

 

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Figure 5
 

Tab: Filter

Filter tab is used to quickly locate previously created blocks.
In the search field, enter the block name (or part of the name) you’re looking for, and then click Find.
After that, the block will be displayed in the list on the right. If you used only part of the name for the search, then all blocks containing that part of the name will be listed.

If you don’t enter anything in the “Name” field and click Find, you will get the list containing all blocks.

In addition, you can filter created blocks chronologically. By choosing the date you define the time period. If the blocks are created within that time period, they will be displayed in the list after clicking the Find button.

 

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Figure 6


List

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The list displays all folder elements selected in TCG blocks” tab (they can be: sub-directories and/or blocks) or
list of blocks obtained by searching the “Filter” tab.

The list is divided into 4 columns: The items on the list can be ordered according to the column criteria (by clicking on icons: stampa_ikonica9.png,stampa_ikonica10.png,stampa_ikonica11.png).
Items can be ordered by:

  • name
  • info field
  • block name
  • time of latest change