Set up blocks

Follow these instructions to set up blocks for your placeholder yard. You must have completed the previous steps in sequence.

Before you begin:

To add a stack block:

  1. Zoom in on the small rectangle inside the perimeter with the magnifying tool. Make sure the all four corners of the small rectangle appear in the Yard Editor.

  1. Click (the Create stack block tool.)

  2. Click the bottom left corner of the small rectangle. A dialog appears to add a new or existing stack block.

  3. Click New. The Add Stack Block form appears.

  4. On the General tab:

  1. On the Display tab:

  1. On the Names tab:

  1. On the Specs tab:

  1. Click Save, and Close. The Add Stock Block form closes, and N4 places the PBLOCK onto the small rectangle in the map.

  1. Add sections and columns to the stack block:

  1. Right-click the stack block you just created. A menu appears.

  1. Select Add Yard Sections. The Add Yard Sections form opens.

  1. Click Save. The form closes, and the block now has four rows and five columns (or 'stacks').

The placeholder yard is now ready to be applied and made active.

Next step(s):

Apply Placeholder Yard Model to Active Yard (for IG) (SHARED) (on page 1)