1. Material block
- Manage Default Condition: Material blocks already have default conditions. These conditions can be updated only when the block is clicked on Lab Inventory.
- Manage Additional Conditions: Manage detailed conditions of the block. Adding condition is the same for all types of blocks.
2. Process block
- Manage Description, Date & Image: Description, Date, & Image are the mandatory information.
- Manage Favorites: Manage frequently used blocks separately on Favorites.
- Load Conditions: If there’s a pre-created Process, you can load conditions like a template.
- Manage Additional Conditions: Manage detailed conditions of the block. Adding condition is the same for all types of blocks.
3. Set block
- Manage Directory: Set block has experiment contents in a single sheet.
- Manage Additional Conditions: Manage detailed conditions of the block. Adding condition is the same for all types of blocks.
4. Block Condition Type
- There are seven categories to add conditions. Each condition can have a name that you want.
- LabNote also provides
Popular
list of frequently used conditions. Each condition must have a specific label and unit.
- Basic Condition
- Value: Make numeric values or units of the condition.
- Material: Add or sync materials generated in Lab Inventory to the condition**.**
- Check Box: Make a checkbox type of the condition.
- Radio Button: Make a radio button type of the condition.
- Date: Add the date of the condition. Set start & end date as period.
- Text: Conventional text input as the condition.
- Step: Manage repeated steps like condition (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd).
- Popular Condition
- Time : sec, min ,hr, day
- Speed : cm/s, m/s, rpm
- Volume : uL, mL, L
- Pressure : atm, Pa, torr
- Thickness : nm, um, mm, cm
- Wavelength : nm
- Temperature : °C, °F
- Concentration : %, g/L, M
5. Add Conditions to Blocks
- Select Material block to add the conditions to.
- The right sidebar with details appears.
- Click
+ Add
button to open the condition modal.
- Select and add the conditions you want.
- Load frequently used conditions from the
Popular
list.
6. Reorder & Delete Condition
- Hover the mouse on the condition and find the six dots on the left side of the condition name.
- This is the
Drag Handle
for you to change the order of the condition through drag-and-drop.
- Hover the mouse on the condition and find the
x
button on the right end of the condition.
- Click
x
button to delete the condition.
7. Set Viewable (in Bench) Conditions
- On the selected block's sidebar, click
eye-shaped
icon to see the dropdown settings.
- Select/Unselect the
eye-shaped
icon to turn on/off the viewability of the condition.
- Upto three conditions in the
Shown
list.
- You cannot see the conditions from the block when all conditions are in the
Hidden
list.
- When moving a condition from
Shown
to Hidden
, the order remains the same.
8. Add Description Conditions
- Click the Process block to open the detailed sidebar on the right side of the screen.
- Use
Description
to write more details about the Process block.
- You can see the
Description
in Bench when you add something.
9. Upload Image Conditions
- Click the Process block to open the detailed sidebar on the right side of the screen.
- Click
+
button to upload the image.
- The uploaded image is displayed as a thumbnail in RSB. You can check the number of images in Bench.
10. Add to Favorite Process list
- Click the Process block you want to add to the
Favorite
list.
- On the right sidebar, click the
star
icon to add it to the Favorite
list.
- On the right sidebar, click the
star
icon to add it to the Favorite
list.
- When you add a new process block next time, it will appear on the
Favorite
list.
11. Import Existing Conditions
- Add the Process block that you previously used.
- On the detailed sidebar, you can see the alert message with Yes/No options to import used conditions or not.
- Click
Yes
to import all the previously used conditions.
- Click
No
to import an empty condition.
12. Check the Directory of the Set block
- Click the Set block to open the detailed sidebar on the right.
- Check the block's structure through a simple
Directory
view.
- In
Directory
, click ▾
button to fold/unfold additional protocols within the Set block.
- Double-click on the Set block to open its entire sheet.