Creating connections

An input of an element can be precisely connected to the output of another element. An output of an element can be connected to the inputs of a number of other elements.

There are a number of possibilities to connect the input of an element E2 with the output of an element E1.

Place the mouse on the output of element E1, click with the left mousekey, hold the left mousekey down and drag the mouse cursor onto the input of element E2 and let the left mousekey go. A connection is made from the output of element E1 to the mouse cursor during this dragging operation with the mouse.

Place the mouse on the input of element E2, click with the left mousekey, hold the left mousekey down and drag the mouse cursor onto the output of element E1 and let the left mousekey go.

Move one of the elements E1 or E2 and place it in such a way by letting go of the left mousekey that the output of element E2 and the input of element E1 touch.

Where element E2 is a block with a free input, a connection can also be made by dragging the mouse from an output from E1 to the trunk of E2. A connection with the free input at the highest position on E2 will be created when the mousekey is released. In the case where block E2 does not have a free input but is an operator which can have an input added to it, a new input will be automatically generated.

The output and input of a block can be connected together (feedback path) by using this method. To establish a connection between two pins, click with the left mouse button on one pin, hold the button down and thus drag the connection to the desired pin, where you then release the button. If during the dragging of the connection extends outside working area of the editor, scrolling occurs automatically. For simple data types, type testing is carried out during the connection. If the types of the two pins are not compatible, the cursor changes to “Forbidden”. For complex data types, no testing takes place.