How to Use the Bench

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To put an NE or tile on the bench for the room that you are in:

•Drag any visible NE or tile onto the bench, or
•Select the NE or tile and click the speed bench on the speed menu, or
•Rightclick on the NE or tile and select Place on the Bench.

 

Bench Clock aloneTo put your NE or tile on a different bench in a different room from the room you are currently in:

1.Mouseover an icon on the bench room selector bench room selector at the bottom of the bench clock. As you pass your mouse over each square room icon on the selector, the selector will display the name of a different room.
2.Click the selector when it displays the room whose bench you want.
3.Then,
•Drag any visible NE or tile onto the bench, or
•Select the NE or tile and click the speed bench on the speed menu, or
•Rightclick on the NE or tile and select Place on the Bench.

 

i_bluebench - other room backgroundIf the bench for a different room is being displayed, then the tiles and NEs on the bench are displayed against a background like in the example to the right here. If the bench for the current room is displayed, the tiles and NEs do not show up against any background. By default, the bench for the room you are in is displayed. When you exit and return to a room, then, no matter what bench was displayed there last, the bench always returns to its default display.

 

i_blueFrom the cabinet you can multi-select NEs to put more than one on the bench at once. Either SHIFT + click to select all NEs between the selected NEs or CTRL + click on each NE you want to select.

To play a tile from the bench:

•Doubleclick the tile, or
•Drag the tile into the media player, or
1.Rightclick on the tile, and
2.Select Play.

 

To activate an NE from the bench:

•Doubleclick the NE, or
•Drag in onto the active NE, or
1.Rightclick on the NE, and
2.Select Activate NE.

 

To activate the containing NE for a tile on the bench:

1.Rightclick on the tile, and
2.Select Activate containing NE.

 

To remove an NE or tile from the bench:

1.Rightclick on the NE or tile, and
2.Select Remove NE (or tile)

 

To clear the bench of all NEs or tiles:

1.Rightclick on the bench clock NE indicator (for NEs) on the bench or the bench clock tile indicator (for tiles) on the bench, and
2.Select Clear All NEs (or tiles)

 

i_blueThe number on the bench clock NE indicator and the bench clock tile indicator indicates the number of NEs and tiles on the bench.

 

To add an NE to any association area on the active NE:

•Drag it into the appropriate association area, or
1.Rightclick on the NE,
2.Mouseover Add To...
3.Select one of:
•Contribution Left (= contributions by)
•Affinity
•Contribution Right (= contributes to)

 

To add an NE to a spill line (in workrooms only):

•Drag it onto any spill line, or
1.Rightclick on the NE or tile,
2.Mouseover Activate on Spill Line, and
3.Select the desired spill line.

 

To insert a benched tile into a spill line or add it to a stack in a spill line (in workrooms only):

•Drag the tile and drop it either between two other tiles or on top of the stack.

 

bench clockTo display benched objects in the large results screen as well as on the bench  (displays more NEs and tiles, and, for tiles, lists their NEs):

•Click the bench list prompt on the right end of the room indicator bench room selector.

The large bench list can be especially valuable if you have a large number of objects on the bench.

 

To determine in which object model you are currently working:

•The up-to-four objects inside the bench clock on the left side are the first four objects in whatever object model mode you are in. In the example there are only three objects displayed because this model only contains three objects.

 

To read the bench clock indicators:

•At the bottom of the bench clock is the room indicator bench room selector. The highlighted symbol indicates the bench currently displayed (in the example here, the highlighted bench room selector IO indicates that the Internet Manager is currently displayed), the name of which is displayed in the hint screen when you mouseover the highlighted symbol
•To the left of the bench clock there is a tile indicator bench clock tile indicator that tells you how many tiles are on the bench in the room displayed, and whether those tiles are shown or hidden. In the example, there are two tiles on the bench. The green arrow on the tile indicator tells you that these tiles are currently hidden.
•To the right of the bench clock there is an NE indicator bench clock NE indicator that tells you how many NEs are on the bench in the room displayed, and whether those NEs are shown or hidden. In the example, there are fifteen NEs on the bench. The red dash on the NE indicator tells you that these NEs are currently shown.

 

 

To merge the contents of two benches (add NEs and tiles from one bench to another):

1.Go to the target room (if you want to add the contents of the Internet Manager room's bench to the Maps bench, then go to the Maps room).
2.Click the appropriate room icon (here, the Internet Manager icon bench room selector IO) on the room indicator bench room selector on the bench clock. The NEs and tiles on the bench to be added appear with the "other bench" background .bench - other room background
3.Rightclick anywhere on the background (not on the tiles or NEs), and
4.Select Merge these benched Tiles and NEs with the current room's bench. The DNE will merge the two benches onto the target bench, and will open the target room's bench.

 

i_blueWhen two benches are merged, the NEs and tiles added to the target bench are not removed from their original bench. They are made accessible from both benches.

 

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