Navigating the Interface¶

The Main Interface¶

1. The main menu bar:

The project buttons: Clear, Load and Save.
The Undo and Redo buttons.
The additional pane buttons: Tool Setup, Code Generator and Logs (see below).

2. The left menu:

The Tool Catalog.
The Sample Catalog.
The About box.
Open a pane and click on the in the top right corner to lock / unlock it.

3. The work space with your graph

The main view of your current application.

4. The Setup View of the tool currently selected in the graph:

A setting pane.
A result pane.
A view of the tool result or output.

5. Additional panes:

Such as the Code Generator, Logs and image panes of the tools
Click on the in the top right corner to detach it.

Drag it on one of the docking places, to dock it again.

The Tool Catalog¶

Navigate the Tool Catalog to select your tools, add them to the work space and create graphs.

The Tool Catalog

1. Clicking on Tool Catalog in the left menu:

Will open the Tool Catalog view.
You can now Navigate the catalog.

2. Selecting a tool category / library:

Will apply the selected filter to the tool list.
You can also select All tools for a complete list of all the available tools.

3. Searching for a tool by its name:

Will apply the filtering in real time while typing.

4. Single click on a tool:

Will display a short description. :columns: 12

5. Double click on a tool:

Will add it to the ‘work space’.

Hint

Open the All tools category for a complete search as the search is only performed in the selected category (that is only among the currently displayed tools).

The Work Space¶

Warning

The tools are automatically and dynamically arranged on the work space, you cannot move them around manually.

The Main Space¶

1. The graph(s):

Made of linked tools.
Arranged and displayed in the upper part of the work space.

2. The unattached tools:

Arranged on a line in the lower part of the work space.

The Zoom¶

To control the zoom of the graph display, use the buttons in the top right corner of the work space:

: zoom in (up to the 1:1 size).
: zoom out.
: resize to display the whole graph (up to the 1:1 size).
: resize to use the whole work space width (up to the 1:1 size).
: zoom the 1:1 size.

The Tools¶

1. The color of the tool border:

Green: the tool is operational.
Orange: the tool cannot be processed (most often because it is missing an input).
Red: the tool is in error and the propagation is stopped at this tool and cannot go further.

2. The name of the tool:

Click on it to edit and change it.
Blue: this is the “selected” tool whose Setup View is currently open and displayed.

3. An input or output port:

Click on an input port of a tool and an output port of another tool to connect them.
An output port can be connected to multiple tools.

4. A link between 2 tools:

Green: the link has a type (defined either manually or automatically according to the connected ports and tools).
Orange: the link has no type (yet).

5. Clicking in the tool:

Will open and display its Setup View.

6. Clicking on the eye icon:

Will open the image in an additional view pane.
This additional view pane stays open even when you select another tool.

7. The processing duration of the tool:

This duration is automatically updated with each processing.

8. The total processing duration up to and including the tool:

This duration is automatically updated with each processing

9. Various shortcuts:

To open an image.
To loop through a series of images.

The Sample Catalog¶

Navigate the Sample Catalog to open, test and edit ready-to-use sample graphs.

The Sample Catalog

1. Clicking on Sample Catalog in the left menu:

Will open the Sample Catalog view.
You can now Navigate the catalog.

2. Searching for a sample by its name:

Will apply the filtering in real time while typing.

3. Single click on a sample:

Will display a short description. :columns: 12

4. Double click on a sample:

Will add it to the ‘work space’.