Schematic Editor - General

A schematic is a sheet containing blocks, connections and other graphical elements that define the behavior of a system model or a sub-component of the system model. In RTflow version 1.1, schematics are the only kind of source files, so the model is always completely defined by a set of schematic files. Schematic files have the extension .sps.

Schematics open in a schematic editor, which appears under a new tab in the tab area. A schematic file can be created or opened for editing in several ways:

• A new, empty schematic is created by selecting New Schematic in the File menu, by clicking the New Schematic toolbar button or by pressing Ctrl-N.
• A schematic in the project can be opened by double-clicking its name in the project tree, or by right-clicking the name and selecting Open in the menu that appears.
• An existing schematic file can be opened by selecting Open... in the File menu, by clicking the Open toolbar button or by pressing Ctrl-O and then selecting it in the file dialog that appears.
• An existing schematic file can also be opened by dragging it from the Windows desktop into the RTflow main window.
• A schematic defining a non-primitive block can be opened by right-clicking the block in the blocks tree and selecting Edit Source in the menu that appears.
• A schematic defining a non-primitive block can also be opened by double-clicking an instance of it in another schematic.