Advance Current

Make Next Dragline Section Current

Use the Advance Current option to set the next dragline section (in order of section number) as the current section. The concept of the current section is used throughout the Dragline module. Many of the options under the Dragline menu will only be applied to the current section; others will prompt you to apply them to the current section or all sections.

This option can also be accessed by selecting the Advance Current Section button from the Dragline toolbar.

Each time the option is selected the next dragline section in the sequence, will be made current. The appearance of the section arrows will be updated, to show the new current section, as specified in the Attributes option.

If a Dragline specifications file (.rsp) was not opened prior to selecting this option, then the Open Dragline Specification panel displays first.

Open Dragline Specification panel

Spec file name

Enter, or select from the drop-down list, the <spec_file_id> part of the dragline specifications file name. The maximum size is 6 alphanumeric characters. Selecting a name from the drop-down list will open an existing specifications file. Entering a new name will create a new specifications file.

Click OK.