Overview | Other Grade Options


Using GRADE

GRADE (GRIP Advanced Development Environment) is a separate, executable program that allows you to perform a variety of GRIP functions from your current native file system.

Starting GRADE

On Windows, to start GRADE, select Start->All Programs->NX <version>->NX Tools->NX Open Grip. On Unix, you can also enter the GRADE command from the operating system.

Functions include:

1)

Edit

6)

Send Output to [CRT]

 

2)

Compile

7)

Compile Listing [ALL]

 

3)

Link

8)

Change Editor [VI]

 

4)

Change Directory

9)

Grade Batch

 

5)

List Directory

0)

Turn Menu on/off

 

q) QUIT

 

Selecting Options

To select a GRADE option, enter the option number or the capitalized letter in each option name. For example, to list the contents of your current directory, enter 5 or the letter S (List Directory).

The main Grade menu displays the default settings for Options 6-8.

You can use a file template for many of the options, such as *.grs. However, you cannot use file lists. To use file lists, use the operating system command, GRIPBATCH, or the Grade Batch option.

Exiting GRADE

To exit GRADE and return to the operating system, enter q.