Workspace

Introduction

Hello and welcome to the new quick start guide on how to best use Movicon.NExT™.
In this technote we will explore the Movicon.NExT™ Workspace.

The Workspace

Once you have started up Movicon.NExT by double-clicking on the desktop icon and opened the project you will be presented with the Movicon.NExT workspace.
The workspace has been designed according to the latest ergonomics concepts offering an interface compose of panes and windows which can be organized to meet the user's specific need.
The main features of the workspace are:

1. The menu
2. Customizable toolbars
3. The Properties window, Toolbox and Symbol Gallery
4. The System Log, Commands, Script, XML and Animations panes
5. The OPC UA Browser and OPC UA Client Status panes
6. The Project Explorer window
7. The canvas where work is carried out.

The various panes have three modes with which they can be managed:

• Floating: this is the default setting. The tab representing the pane or window is placed on the worksapce border and activates when clicked on.
• Docked: docked windows or panes can be undocked by clicking the pin icon after which they will remain visible and available for use.
• Popup: once this type of window is dragged onto the workspace it can be handled as a popup within the editor without being docked. To redock it, simply drag it towards the edge of the workspace.  

Once you have established the most ergonomic layout configuration that best suits your needs and working habits, save it. To do this, make sure that the Movicon.NExT editor is open and:

• Go to the File menu.
• Click on the Workspace Layout item and check that the Manual Layout option is enabled.
• Click the Save Layout command in the same File > Workspace Layout menu to save the current workspace interface configuration.
• Give the interface that you are saving a name by entering a string in the Layout Name field.
• Click OK to confirm.

If a workspace configuration has already been created and saved, you can load it and quickly reconfigure the workspace as desired.
This can be done using the Movicon.NExT editor as follows:

• Go to the File menu.
• Click on the Workspace Layout item and check that the Manual Layout option is enabled.
• Click the Load Layout command in the same File > Workspace Layout menu to open the grid of the saved and available workspace interfaces.
• In the grid that displays, select the workspace you wish to load.
• Click OK to confirm.

 
In addition to saving and loading workspace interface configurations, you can also import, export or remove them or restore the one for default.
To export/import a workspace interface configuration, simple copy and paste the configuration file manually by using the Resource Explorer provided by the Windows operating system.
By using the Windows browser tool proceed as follows:

• Open the %ProgramData%\Progea\Movicon.NExT.Layouts folder.
• Copy all the folder's contents or only subfolders of the desired configurations.
• Paste the subfolders in the %ProgramData%\Progea\Movicon.NExT.Layouts folder on the target computer.

To remove an existing workspace interface congifuration, you can use the window used for saving or loading it. Once the grid displays showing the list of availabe workspace interfaces, simply press the CANC key on the keyboard and confirm the operation to cancel it by clicking the OK button in the dialog window that appears.
 


Ultimately, if you wish to restore the original workspace interface configuration, you can do by opting to use one of the following two procedures after making sure to have closed all the open Movicon.NExT instances beforehand:

• Startup the Movicon.NExT instance by pressing the CTRL key on the keyboard until the editor has completely loaded.

• Delete the contents of the folder found in the %LocalAppData%\IsolatedStorage path.