Menu Bar

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This section introduces every option in the menu bar.

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

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 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

Option Description

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

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