ViDi Tool GUI

This topic provides an overview to navigate the ViDi tools. The ViDi tools share a common layout:

Control Description

1

Input Controls

Displays the input into the ViDi tool from the Spreadsheet. If the ViDi tool is being externally fixtured by an In-Sight Vision Tool, the External icon will be displayed (as shown above).

2

Tool Controls

Provides access to the tools, allowing you to add additional tools, creating ViDi Tool Chains, if desired

Note: Tool chains are not supported with the ViDiRead, ViDiCheck or ViDiDetect functions. You must have access to the complete ViDi function to create tool chains.

Contains a right-click menu to edit the selected tool. See the ViDi Tool Control Right-Click Menu for more information.

Also contains the controls to process Views and Train the tool. While performing those tasks, progress and status information will be displayed.

3

Tool Parameters

Access to the ViDi Tool Parameters.

4

Image File Information

Displays the file name of the image, the image resolution bit-depth of the image file and the current zoom setting of the displayed image.

5

Image Display Area

The space where the image and View is displayed. The user-configurable Feature Size graphic is available in the lower left corner.

6

View Browser

The interactive list of the Views being processed by the tool. You can use Display Filters to customize and sort the Views being displayed.

7

Database Overview

The Database Overview section for the tool, which provides Statistics about the state of the tool after Training.