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User Interface Overview

Workflow Tabs: Each Workflow has its own tab. The cog icon informs about the state of a workflow (stopped or executing).

Workflow View: This is where Units are placed, arranged, connected and modified. The background and the behavior of the Workflow view can be configured in the → Preferences.

Message Log: Displays general information, output of Units and Workflow tracing info.

Project Panel: Shows settings, depending on the context.

Memory Monitor: Displays the memory allocation of the current project.



User Interface: Project Panel

Project: Contains a list of Workflows, Variables and Workflow specific settings.

Inspector: Shows info, settings and attributes of the selected Unit.

Library: Lists all available Units and corresponding documentation.

Layout: Align and distribute tools.

Workflow Profiling: Analyzes the Workflow in regard to execution times or memory consumption.



User Interface: Project Panel – Workflows

Workflow List: Lists all Workflows of the current Project.

Add Workflow: Adds a new Workflow to the current Project.

Duplicate Workflow: Duplicates the selected Workflow.

Remove Workflow: Removes the selected Workflow.

Workflow Name: Name of the selected Workflow.

Execute On Run: When enabled, the selected Workflow is being executed when the Project is running.

Show Port Values: Shows values (which are transmitted via cables) next to the ports of Units.

Show Cable Values: Shows values which are transmitted via cables.

Show Dataflow Visualization: Highlights cables when data is transmitted.

Cable Highlighting: Select how cables will be rendered.

Lock Workflow: Locked workflows cannot be deleted.



User Interface: Project Panel – Variables

Variables List: Lists all Variables of the current Project.

Add Variable: Adds a new Variable to the current Project.

Remove Variable: Removes the currently selected Variable from the Workflow.

Create Getter Unit: Places a Getter Unit in the Workflow View.

Create Setter Unit: Places a Setter Unit in the Workflow View.

Name: Name of the Variable.

Variable Type: Type of the Variable.

Value: Value of the Variable.

Force Change: When enabled the change filter of the selected Variable will be disabled.



User Interface: Inspector

The Inspector is used to change the name and to modify attributes of Units. Its content varies from Unit to Unit, so the figure on the left is just an example. The name is the only one attribute which is the same for all Units.


User Interface: Unit Library

Unit Category: Select from different Unit categories.

Search: Real-time search for Units.

Unit List: Lists all Units from the selected category/search result.

Unit Documentation: Shows the Unit documentation.


User Interface: Message Log & Memory Monitor

Memory Monitor: Shows or hides the Memory Monitor.

Workflow Tracing: When enabled the Workflow(s) are being traced when executing them. Tracing logs each step/action/event which occurs in a Workflow.

Log Option – Debug: When enabled the log will show debug messages.

Log Option – Info: When enabled the log will show info messages.

Log Option – Warn: When enabled the log will show warning messages.

Log Option – Error: When enabled the log will show error messages.

Log Option – Fatal: When enabled the log will show fatal messages.

Log Option – Trace: When enabled the log will show trace messages.

Messages: Shows messages according to the log options. There are three columns (Date, Level and Message).

Memory Monitor: Displays how much memory is allocated and used for the current project. The Purge button can be used to manually free up memory, if possible.


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