Curve Tool: Enforcing Limits

There are a number of limitations that each curve must satisfy. For example, each must not exceed position, velocity, and acceleration limits. For a detailed discussion on these limits, see Curve Limits.

The curve must satisfy all of these limits before it can be downloaded to the RMC. However, there are times when it is easier to allow the curve to violate one or more of these limits while it is being edited. Thus, the Curve Tool allows you to enable and disable limit enforcement.

The status bar will display one of the following two icons:

$image\ico_enf1.gif$	Limits are Enforced
$image\ico_enf0.gif$	Limits are Not Enforced

In addition to this icon, the status bar also has two other icons related to the curve limits. See Status Bar for a description of these icons.

To enable or disable limit enforcement using the status bar:

Double-click the Limits are Enforced or Limits are Not Enforced status bar icon to toggle enforcement on and off.

To enable or disable limit enforcement using the shortcut menu:

Right-click in the Graph or Spreadsheet view.
On the shortcut menu, click Enforce Axis Limits.

To enable or disable limit enforcement using the Options dialog box:

On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the General tab.
Under Editing Options, set or clear the Enforce Axis Limits check box.
Click OK.