Menu Bar

This section introduces every option in the menu bar.

File

Option	Description	Shortcut
New Project	Create a new project	Ctrl + N
Open Project	Select a project folder and open it in Mech-Viz	Ctrl + O
Recent Projects	Display the recently opened projects, click on a project name to open the project	N/A
Open Executable File in Explorer	Open the folder where the Mech-Viz software is located	N/A
Save Project	Save the changes to the current project	Ctrl + S
Save Project to JSON	Save the project, and save the VIZ file in the project folder as JSON	N/A
Save Project As…	Save the project to the designated location	Ctrl + Shift + S
Close Project	Close the current project	Ctrl + W
Exit	Exit Mech-Viz	Ctrl + Q

Note

• Mech-Viz 1.4.0 and above saves the project file in VIZ format. Previous versions save the project file in JSON format.

View

This menu is used to configure the display of Mech-Viz.

Option	Description
Resources	Display the Resources panel, selected by default
Workflow	Display the Workflow tab, selected by default
Robot	Display the Robot tab, selected by default
Collisions	Display the Collisions tab, selected by default
Plan History	Display the Plan History tab, selected by default
Others	Display the Others tab, selected by default
Log	Display the Log tab, selected by default
Function Description	Display function description of selected Step in the Workflow tab
Default Layout	Reset the layout of Mech-Viz to default

Display

This menu is used to configure the display of the 3D simulation area.

Option	Description
Show Received Vision Poses	Display the vision poses, indices, and labels received from Mech-Vision, selected by default
Show Point Cloud	Display the point cloud received from Mech-Vision, selected by default
Show Picked Object	Display the model of the picked workobject, selected by default
Show Collision While Planning	Display collisions detected during path planning, selected by default
Show Octree	Display the octree structure of the object point cloud
Show Received Carton Models	Display models of cartons in the 3D simulation area, selected by default
Show Arrow Pointing to Center	Display the arrows pointing from pick points to the geometric center
Show Object Pose	Display the pick points on workobjects in the 3D simulation area
Display Settings	More detailed display settings in the 3D simulation area
Pose Status Colors	Color code for vision pose indices and labels

Tools

Option	Description
Use Saved Vision Records (Only When Vision Service Not Registered)	When this option is selected, Mech-Viz project will use saved vision records to run
Set Vision Records	Save and pull vision records to identify the problems in debugging
Find Vision Result	Highlight the vision point with the searched index in the 3D simulation area
Robot Library Tools	Import robot model file; export current robot model to a designated directory

Settings

Set Mech-Center Address	Set the IP address of Mech-Center
Lock/Unlock Project	When this option is selected, all modification to the project are prevented (you can still simulate and run the project)
Options	Display Mech-Viz general settings
Logging Level	Set the level of log messages to be displayed in the Log panel. All messages of the selected level and above are displayed.

Help

About	Display software version and copyright information
Change Log	Open the software changelog in your browser
Manual	Open the user’s manual in your browser