Opening help

Opening the local help

How to display the local HTML-help (i.e., the user documentation) for logi.CAD 3:

  • In menu Help, select Help Contents.

Online help

An online help is provided under help.logicals.com. This online help contains the most current information on logi.CAD 3 (e.g. known or fixed problems within the release notes).
Therefore, logi.cals recommends you to regularly check the online help under https://help.logicals.com/lco3docu/latest/user-documentation/en/release-notes-fuer-version e.g. whether there are new release notes.

Displaying the local help for system blocks

How to display the local HTML-help for system blocks within logi.CAD 3:

  • by using the command Show Help within the project explorer

    1. Expand the object displayed in the project explorer.

    2. Open the context menu for the displayed sub-level item (= the created block).

    3. Select the command Show Help.

  • by using the F1-key in the appropriate editor

    • within the ST-editor: Position the text cursor on a call of a function or on a declaration of a function block and press the F1-key.
      In order to display the help for a block declared in the ST-code: Position the text cursor on the appropriate lines with the declaration (e.g. FUNCTION_BLOCK name1 and END_FUNCTION_BLOCK) and press the F1-key.

    • within the FBD-editor: Select the call of a function or of a function block and press the F1-key.
      In order to display the help for the block currently opened: Select none of the elements within the FBD-editor and press the F1-key.

Restriction

Displaying the local HTML-help is only support for system blocks of the folders Standard and System.

Displaying the local help for own blocks

See "Generating and opening external help for blocks".