3.1.2 Working Environment & Graphical User Interface
After launching Process Simulate, either via direct access or from Process Designer, the main window will open. The following figure shows an example of typical graphical user interface of Process Simulate. The numbered items are labeled as follows:
- Menu Bar and Toolbars
- Object Tree (and/or Logical Collection Tree)
- Operation Tree
- Graphic Viewer
- Sequence Editor
- Path Editor (and/or Collision Viewer)
Figure: Process Simulate Main Window
The structure and the graphical user interfaces of Process Simulate are similar to Process Designer. You can arrange the viewers and the trees or group them together according to your preference in the same way as in Process Designer. If the Navigation Tree is not displayed when you open Process Simulate, select View > Open With > Navigation Tree to display it.
Some functions of Process Designer are also available in Process Simulate. For example, you can view and change the properties of an object in the Navigation Tree. You can also re-position an object in the Graphic Viewer using the Placement Manipulator or Relocate option in Process Simulate as well as in Process Designer. Some options require you to first select the object(s) that you want to work on in order to activate the option. You can select the objects in the Graphic Viewer, from the Navigation Tree or from the Object Tree.
