The 7thConnect working space consists of three panes: the main system space (a blank canvas to receive nodes and connections), a Nodes pane, and a Properties pane.
Undock the Nodes List or Properties by dragging them away, redock them by double-clicking their title bars.
For more working space, autohide either pane with the ‘pin icon’, and slide them out by selecting the new side tab:
Toolbar
The toolbar buttons for file and edit operation follow convention, as are their normal Ctrl+ shortcut keys (New, Open, Save, Cut, Copy Paste, and Print).
The short red bar deletes a selected node or connection.
You can Load and Save configurations as .7cn files. This is only available with a full licence.
Play, Pause, Stop
For dynamic nodes, you may need to stop and start. Play will resume where the play point was paused, or at the start point if stopped.
Menu
View > Reset Layout
If you have very many nodes, the system space can fill up. Once connections have been made, you can compact the view so that space between nodes is minimised. Advisory: This may make your system less readable when constructing it. (There is no undo.)
Edit >Preferences > Startup
A startup file can be set to run whenever Connect is run.
System Pane Navigation
Add a node
Drag and drop a node type from the Nodes List into the system pane.
Move a node
Left click and hold to drag the node around.
Move multiple nodes
Hold Ctrl while selecting nodes with left-click. Hold Ctrl to move them all together using the left mouse button.
Move whole layout
Left-click then hold Ctrl, will drag the whole system around on the background.
Delete a node
Left click the node (its label turns red) and press delete, or delete from the toolbar or Edit menu.
Node properties
In the Properties pane, nodes can be named; they can variously have user properties, inputs and outputs.
Make a connection
Drag out a connection between an input and an output (contact points turn purple when the connection is made: release the mouse button).
Delete a connection
Left-click the connection line (it turns dark green) and press delete, or delete from the toolbar, or Edit menu.
Zoom
The mouse wheel of track pad will zoom in and out.