For testing and manipulating scripts, you use the Console tab. This simplified version of the ACT Console allows you to execute commands and edit variables. For example, if the local variable extension has been set, you can type extension.Name in the command line and press the Enter key to return the name of the extension:

For the extension DebuggerDemo, assume that after completing the update to the Pre-Geometry cell, you inserted a breakpoint at line 50 of the script main.py. When you right-click this same cell in the Project Schematic and select Edit, the debugger listens as the extension executes, pausing execution at line 50.

In the Console tab, you can access the available local variables and change values. For example, typing system1 and pressing the Enter key accesses your system:

Entering system1.HeaderText="My System" and then system1.DisplayText="MySystem" changes the system header and display text in the Project Schematic to My System.

As you execute commands in the console, the debugger reevaluates entries in both the Locals and Watch Expressions tabs.