====== Create meta machines ======

===== Create meta machines =====

Metamachines are diameter-independent screw and barrel configurations.

They can be provided with tagged words and stored in a database. They can be used to quickly set up frequently used process configurations on different systems of different sizes. This saves the user the time-consuming assembly of different screw elements. The creation of such a meta machine is done in the visual machine configuration (Menu: Configuration > Open machine editor...), see the following figure.

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**Figure:** Visual Machine configuration

This is where the user usually defines the individual machine configuration (see Enter machine parameters du configuration). Afterwards this screw and barrel configuration can be stored in the corresponding processes or it is additionally saved as a machine construction kit independent meta machine.

The button in the task bar "Meta machine" is used for this purpose. Clicking this button opens dialog opens (see following figure) and the user gets the possibility to add tags and gets the possibility to add tags and comments.

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**Figure:** Create meta machine

Individual keywords can be defined with the + symbol. The **Ok** button saves the configuration and asks for a unique name.