GeNIe Tutorials: Tutorial 2 - The GeNIe interface
From DSL
Objective of the tutorial: To get acquainted with the GeNIe interface.
Estimated Time: 10 Minutes
At the end of the tutorial you will be able to:
- Tell apart various elements of the GeNIe workspace.
- Know the basic functions of each element.
Let us acquaint ourselves with the GeNIe interface. Shown below is a snapshot of the main GeNIe interface. You can read a brief description of each element below. At this point it is not necessary to know each element shown below in detail. We will learn the important functional elements of GeNIe as we work through the tutorials.
The Control icon
The Control icon , located at the left end of the title bar, provides access to the Control menu. You can also double-click it to exit GeNIe.
The Menu Bar
The Menu Bar displays the menu headings. Clicking on a menu heading will open the menu and display a list of commands under that menu. You can click on a command name to choose that command. The commands you would normally use frequently are also displayed on the toolbars in the form of buttons for your convenience. The menus that are available depend on what is open in the workspace.
Note: Menu items that appear in grey either do not apply to the current selection or are unavailable.
Using the Menus
You can display menu commands using the following methods:
- Clicking the menu in the Menu bar, or
- Pressing the <Alt> key plus the underlined letter in the menu’s title. For example, to display the File menu, press <Alt> + <F>. Try it now.
You can select or execute a menu command using the following methods:
- Clicking the item in the menu,
- Pressing the <Alt> key plus the underlined letter in the menu’s title, and then pressing the letter underlined in the menu item. For example, to select the menu item File > Open, press <Alt> + <F> + <O>, or
- Using the cursor to highlight a menu item, and then pressing the Enter key.
If you want detailed information on the different menus in GeNIe, See Menu Bar section of the GeNIe Reference Manual.
Standard Toolbar
The toolbar displays buttons corresponding to the menu commands. To apply a command, click its toolbar button. If a command is unavailable, its button appears greyed-out.
Besides the standard buttons for opening, closing and saving a file, this toolbar has buttons for selecting various tools found in the Tool Menu.
You can toggle between viewing and hiding the toolbars by choosing View > ToolBar to check or uncheck it.
For more information on function of each button in the standard toolbar, see Standard Toolbar section of Toolbars in the GeNIe Reference manual.
Format Toolbar
The Format toolbar has buttons for changing font, color and size of the text, and for alignment of various nodes in the model.
For more information on function of each button in the Format toolbar, see Format Toolbar section of Toolbars in the GeNIe Reference manual.
Tree View
The Tree View displays the relationships between the elements of the network using a tree structure. See Tree View section for more information.
Graph View
The Graph View is the primary view of GeNIe. The network is graphically displayed in the Graph View. See Graph View section for more information.
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