Option 1.1. Create a New Recipe Group
A recipe group includes your entire configuration in a single RecipeConfig window.
The configuration includes:
- Parameter attributes.
- Recipes.
- Maps.
You may define one or more Recipe Groups, depending on your application. Each Recipe Group that you create and save is stored in a file with an . rgp extension.
Do the following to create your new recipe group.
1 | Open a new recipe group. |
2 | Define the recipe group. |
3 | Name the recipe group. |
Open a new recipe group.
Open a new RecipeConfig window to open a new recipe group.
You can open a new window from the Workbench.
If a RecipeConfig window is already open:
- Select the Group folder.
- Do one of the following.
1 | Click the New button on the RecipeConfig toolbar. |
2 | Click File>New on the RecipeConfig menu bar. |
3 | Right-click the group; select New on the Popup menu |
4 | Press Ctrl+N on the keyboard. |
A message may open if you have unsaved data in the current, asking if you want to save the data.
- Select whether or not to save the data.
Result: The current window closes; a new untitled RecipeConfig window opens.
Define the Recipe group
- Select the Untitled group.
- Do one of the following.
1 | Click Edit>Properties on the Recipes menu bar. |
2 | Click the right mouse button; select Properties on the Popup menu. |
3 | Press Alt+Enter. |
The Recipe Group Data dialog opens.
- Enter the following.
Group Name | (Read-only) Untitled displays before the RecipeConfig window is saved. |
Description | Description of the Group. |
Group Point |
Name of a CIMPLICITY Point ID to write the Group Name to when a Recipe is Downloaded or Uploaded.
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- Click OK.
Result: The Recipe Group Data dialog box closes.
Name the Recipe group
The name you use when you save the RecipeConfig window is the name that is assigned to the group.
- Do one of the following.
- Click the Save button on the RecipeConfig toolbar.
Note: The Save button is enabled after you open the Recipe Group Data dialog box.
- Click File>Save on the RecipeConfig menu bar.
- Press Ctrl+S on the keyboard.
A Save As dialog box opens.
- Enter a name for the group.
- Click Save.
Results
- The Group is saved as an .rgp file.
- The name given to the group replaces Untitled at the top of the tree.
- The new group name displays in the Group Name field in the Recipe Group Data dialog box.