Run Steps and View Outputs

How to Run

  • Clicking on icon_click_1 in the Project Toolbar will run the entire project.

  • Clicking on icon_click_2 on a Step will run the project down from the current Step.

../../../_images/how_to_use_3.png

  • Click on icon_click_3 to run the current Step independently.

../../../_images/how_to_use_4.png

Debug Output

  1. Click on icon_1 to switch on Debug Output.

  2. Run the project; the visualized outputs of all Steps with the icon_2/icon_3 icon will be displayed in the Debug Output panel in the upper right of Mech-Vision.

../../../_images/debug_output.png

Hint

  • To view the visualized output of any Step after debugging, just run the Step independently using icon_click_3.

  • If icon_1 is switched off, no visualized output will be displayed when running the project.

  • Click on icon_4 in the upper right of the Debug Output panel to close all the tabs displayed.

To view the visualized output of a single Step

  • Method 1: Click on icon_click_3 and hold, drag the mouse to the right and select Visualize Output in the pop-up menu. The visualized output of this Step will be displayed in the Debug Output panel.

  • Method 2:

    1. Click on icon_1 to switch on Debug Output.

    2. Click on icon_2 on a Step to turn on output visualization (the icon becomes icon_3 if output visualization is turned on).

    3. Click on icon_click_3 to run the Step independently, and the visualized output will be displayed in the Debug Output panel.

How to View the Output

After running a Step, double-click the connection under the port to display the output data of the port.

Tip

You can connect the Step Accept All to any output ports from any Steps to view Step output.