Tutorial Execution
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The complete execution of the tutorial is steered from the control box
in the menu window of the module.
The required menu items are described hereafter:
- Load
Before you can start the tutorial, you must load the desired teaching
program.
When the module starts, you are therefore offered the menu item Load, in
which the teaching programs are listed graphically, similarly to the drawing catalog. To load it, simply click your teaching program. The name of
the chosen program is then displayed in blue in the menu window of the tutorial.
You can now close the Load-window.
- Start - Stop
After the tutorial has been loaded, you activate the begin of execution by
clicking the Start icon.
The tutorial execution can be stopped with the Stop icon. After the stop,
you are offered the icons Load and History. If the execution of the
tutorial is to be continued, click the icon Continue.
Tip:
Starting a tutorial will always destroy your current drawing. If you want to
save it, store the drawing before starting the tutorial.
As opposed to the demonstration programs of many other products, you have
in SISCAD-P always the possibility to interfere with the execution of the
tutorial using SISCAD-P commands. To insure and orderly execution of the
tutorial program however, you should only do so when prompted.
- history
The tutorial window shows the history of the tutorial used so far.
- Speed field
During the execution of the tutorial you can switch between the different
execution modes, e.g. single step or fast forward, by clicking
the color highlighted speed field.
- Single Step - red
Single step is the default execution mode.
The commands are executed one after the other. After each execution step,
the icon Confirm is displayed. It has to be clicked to continue
execution.
Informational and prompting tips are displayed.
- Normal - yellow
The tutorial is executed at an appropriate speed for the teaching process.
The tutorial is automatically stopped at large tips, and can be restarted
with the Confirm icon.
Informational and prompting tips are displayed.
- Fast Forward - green
The tutorial is executed without any information or prompting tips being
displayed.
- Exit
Quitting the module.
You have the possibility to either keep or erase the construction built in
the tutorial.
It may be useful to co-ordinate the position and size of the different
windows (graphics window, tutorial window, .. )for an efficient
execution of the tutorial.
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Thu Aug 3 12:02:33 MET DST 1995