Method for configuring a control routine for controlling at least one real or virtual process set-up component, wherein: for the virtual, graphical structuring on the mechanical plane of the at least one process set-up component to be controlled and for the allocation of mechanical or physical process set-up features - a structural database is set up, in that structural elements are defined which represent process-specific functional units, - properties and/or functions are described which represent the actual mechanical or physical process set-up features of the corresponding real or virtual process set-up component to be controlled and are stored, being allocated to the structural elements, in the structural database, characterised in that graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) are described and are stored, being allocated to the structural elements, in the structural database such that the structural elements are also used to set up an allocation between the properties and/or functions and the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120), the process set-up component can be virtually structured on the mechanical plane and the respective mechanical or physical process set-up features can be allocated to the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120), wherein structural elements are selected from the structural database and the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) allocated to the selected structural elements are visually displayed on a display device and are visually integrated together for the virtual structuring of the process set-up component, and wherein in response to the visual integration, the stored properties and/or functions allocated to each of the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) are logically allocated to each other and linked with each other, in that corresponding linking references for logically severing or logically setting up allocations to properties and/or functions allocated to the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) via the structural elements are stored in a linking database, and wherein the allocations and linking references occurring in the structural database and linking database are used to implement a conversion of the control routine into program code which can be used to control one of the structured, corresponding, real or virtual process set-up components. for the virtual, graphical structuring on the mechanical plane of the at least one process set-up component to be controlled and for the allocation of mechanical or physical process set-up features - a structural database is set up, in that structural elements are defined which represent process-specific functional units, - properties and/or functions are described which represent the actual mechanical or physical process set-up features of the corresponding real or virtual process set-up component to be controlled and are stored, being allocated to the structural elements, in the structural database, - a structural database is set up, in that structural elements are defined which represent process-specific functional units, - properties and/or functions are described which represent the actual mechanical or physical process set-up features of the corresponding real or virtual process set-up component to be controlled and are stored, being allocated to the structural elements, in the structural database, characterised in that graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) are described and are stored, being allocated to the structural elements, in the structural database such that the structural elements are also used to set up an allocation between the properties and/or functions and the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120), the process set-up component can be virtually structured on the mechanical plane and the respective mechanical or physical process set-up features can be allocated to the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120), wherein structural elements are selected from the structural database and the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) allocated to the selected structural elements are visually displayed on a display device and are visually integrated together for the virtual structuring of the process set-up component, and wherein in response to the visual integration, the stored properties and/or functions allocated to each of the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) are logically allocated to each other and linked with each other, in that corresponding linking references for logically severing or logically setting up allocations to properties and/or functions allocated to the graphical objects (11, 12, 2100, 2120) via the structural elements are stored in a linking database, and wherein the allocations and linking references occurring in the structural database and linking database are used to implement a conversion of the control routine into program code which can be used to control one of the structured, corresponding, real or virtual process set-up components.