This section describes how you can use the Step Manager to create, edit, and manipulate steps. (For general information on managers, see “Managing objects,” Section 3.4.) The following topics are covered:

• “The Step Manager,” Section 14.9.1

• “Creating a step,” Section 14.9.2

• “Editing a step,” Section 14.9.3

• “Replacing a step,” Section 14.9.4

• “Resetting the default values in the step editor,” Section 14.9.5

• “Accounting for geometric nonlinearity,” Section 14.9.6