Instance Explorer

Create new Nodeset

Creates a new instance nodeset and automatically marks it as editable.

Load the nodeset to be edited
(CTRL + ALT + O)

Loads an existing nodeset and automatically marks it as editable.

Save changes to the nodeset
(CTRL + S)

Saves current changes to disk.

Deployment to the TwinCAT OPC UA Server (CTRL + D)

Exports the current project to the TwinCAT OPC UA Server.

Export nodesets
(CTRL + E)

Exports the current project to a user-defined folder. (The content is identical to Deploy)

Open project directory

Opens an explorer window in the project directory.

Copy an instance
(CTRL + C)

Copies the type definition of a selected instance.

Paste an instance
(CTRL + V)

Creates a new instance of the previously copied type definition under the selected node and avoids name conflicts.

Search
(CTRL - F in Instance Explorer)

You can search for nodes by entering the name or NodeId of the node into the corresponding text box. Additional search strings are:

ns=x (searches for nodes in a particular NamespaceIndex)

HasExtension (searches for nodes with a mapping to a PLC variable)

HasNoExtension (searches for nodes without a mapping to a PLC variable)

Quotation marks around the search parameter allow you to exclude overlapping hits. (Example: "ns=1" does not search for ns=10.)

Context menu (right mouse button)

Delete node

(DEL)

Removes the currently selected node and the closely connected subnodes. Please note that other subnodes (without the ParentNodeId attribute) are not removed and are considered to be "orphaned" if they have no other parent node.

Context menu (right mouse button)

Remove mapping

(SHIFT + DEL)

Removes the mapping of the selected node to a PLC variable, if available.

Context menu (right mouse button)

Create folder (CTRL + SHIFT + N)

Creates a new instance of the type FolderType.