Scenes Window
The Scenes Window is the interface to
save the current Workbench session (loaded files and settings) as
a Scene
(in a .scene file). Scenes allow one to save a snapshot of a
Workbench session that contains a record of all of the files
loaded and view settings, making it easy to get to a specific
display. Using scenes, one can "pick up where they left off"
when reopening Workbench.
File Section
- Scene File selection is used to
choose among loaded Scene files. Use File>Open
File... to load an existing scene file and have it
show up in this selector.
- New Creates
a new Scene File. A new Scene File is created with
no scenes within it. Add any number of scenes with the Add
button.
- Save Saves the selected
scene file using its current name. This button is
disabled if the selected scene file has never been saved and
so the Save As button should be used to save the file.
- Zip Creates a ZIP file
containing the scene file and all data files it references.
- Show Files and Folders Displays
a hierarchy or list of all data files from all scenes within
the scene file
- Open Displays a file
selection dialog for selecting and opening a scene file.
- Save As Displays a
file selection dialog for saving the scene file with a new
name.
- Upload Displays a
dialog for uploading the scene file and its data files to
the BALSA database.
Show Scene Group
- Show loads the active (highlighted in blue)
scene. Double clicking on a scene's
title/description will also show the scene.
- Preview... opens a separate window with an enlarged
display of the highlighted scene's thumbnail along with
the name and description.
- Options Use background and foreground colors from
scene when a scene is created, the foreground and
background colors are added to the scene and will be
used when the scene is displayed. Note that the
background and foreground colors are adjusted using the
Preferences Dialog. When a scene is loaded that contains
background and foreground colors, they will override the
user's Preferences colors until a different scene is
loaded, a spec file is loaded, or this checkbox is
unchecked.
Create Scene Group
- Add...
creates a new scene within the current Scene File and adds
it to the bottom of the list of scenes. The scene
needs to be set up before clicking this button.
- Insert... creates a new scene that
is added to the scene list above the currently
highlighted scene.
- Replace... is used to modify an existing
scene. The highlighted scene will be
overwritten at the time the Replace button
is clicked, therefore make scene changes before
clicking this button. When a scene is
replaced, the name/description of the scene can also
be edited.
Selected Scene Group
- Move Up moves the selected
scene up one position in the list of scenes.
- Move Down moves the selected scene
down one position in the list of scenes.
- Delete Deletes the highlighted scene
from the scene file.
Testing Group
- Replace All Loads and saves each scene in the scene
file.
- Test All Loads each scene in the scene
file. At the conclusion, a dialog is displayed containing
each scene's preview image next to an image captured after
loading the scene.