help:main_menu

Table of Contents

Main menu

File

  • Create work… Ctrl+N – create a new work selecting a type of model to capture.
  • Open work… Ctrl+O – load an existing work from a file.
  • Open recent – load a work from one of a recently opened files.
  • Merge work… – merge a model from external file into the current work.

  • Save work Ctrl+Shift – write the current work into a file.
  • Save work as… – save the current work in a new file.
  • Close active work – close the currently active work.
  • Close all works – close all the works.

  • Import… – import a model from external file (ASTG, Verilog, GenLib formats).
  • Export – export the current work into an external file (ASTG, DOT, SVG, PS format).

—- * New workspace – create a new workspace (this feature is under development). * Open workspace… – load a previously saved workspace (this feature is under development). * Link files to the root of workspace – convert absolute path of the works into relative to the root of the workspace (this feature is under development). * Save workspace – write the current workspace into a file (this feature is under development). * Save workspace as… – save the current workspace in a new file (this feature is under development).


  • Reconfigure plugins – run configuration of available plugins.
  • Switch to console mode – shut down GUI and switch into console mode.

  • Exit Alt+F4 – close all the works and quit the program.

Edit

  • Undo (Ctrl-Z) - undo the last modification in the current work.
  • Redo (Ctrl-Shit-Z) - redo a previously undone modification in the current work.

  • Cut (Ctrl-X) - remove selected nodes and connections and put them into the local clipboard.
  • Copy (Ctrl-C) - copy selected nodes and connections into a local clipboard.
  • Paste (Ctrl-V) - paste a nodes and connections from the local clipboard into the current work.
  • Delete (Delete) - remove selected nodes and connections.

  • Select all (Ctrl-A) - select the entire work.
  • Inverse selection (Ctrl-I) - inverse the selection.
  • Deselect - reset selection.

View

  • Zoom in (Ctrl-Equals) - zoom in the current work by one step 1).
  • Zoom out (Ctrl-Minus) - zoom out the current work by one step 2).
  • Default zoom (Ctrl-0) - restore the default scale of the current work.
  • Fit selection to the screen (Ctrl-F) - scale and pan the current work so that its selected objects (or the whole model if nothing is selected) fill the editor panel.

  • Centre selection (Ctrl-T) - pan the current work so that its selected objects (or the whole model if nothing is selected) position in the centre of the editor panel.
  • Pan left (Ctrl-Left) - pan the editor panel left.
  • Pan up (Ctrl-Up) - pan the editor panel up.
  • Pan right (Ctrl-Right) - pan the editor panel right.
  • Pan down (Ctrl-Down) - pan the editor panel down.

  • Windows - show or hide the tabs and panels of the user interface.
  • Look and Feel - select the graphical theme for the user interface.
  • Reset UI layout - revert the user interface to the original state.

Tools

  • Conversion - tools for conversion between models.
  • Graph layout - tools for automated layout of the graph models.
    • Graphviz DOT - apply Graphviz DOT tool to layout the current work.
    • Random - assign random coordinates to all the nodes, make all connections one-segment polyline.
    • Reset - reset coordinates of the nodes.
  • Transformations - tools for local modifications of the model.
    • Contract selected nodes - remove each selected node and connect its preset to its postset.
    • Set component labels from their unique names - copy node unique IDs into label properties.
  • Synthesis - tools for logic synthesis.
  • Verification - tools for formal verification.

Help

  • Help contents (F1) - table of contents for Workcraft generic information and details of its model plugins.
  • Tutorials - a list of tutorials in a browser.

  • Report a bug - a Launchpad page for reporting bugs and issues with Workcraft.
  • Ask a question - a Launchpad page for asking questions about Workcraft.

  • About Workcraft - brief information about Workcraft, its version number and the homepage.
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