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Interface, Layouts and Settings

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

Sceelix is a highly modular system, whereas each module (or plugin) contains a set of windows, each containing specific features. The type of windows available at this point are: More details about the purpose and functioning of each window are described in further sections. Layouts​ You are free to move and resize the existing windows...

Project Explorer

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

Like many 3D environments, Sceelix’s workflow revolves around the manipulation of resources organized into projects. Such organization allows for easy and consistent manipulation of files, which may relate and reference one another. Examples of supported resources are images, 3D models or graph files. Projects are structured into files and folders in a recursive way, like any...

Inspector

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The inspector is the window where object properties can be viewed and/or changed – in other words, inspected. By default, the contents of this window are empty, but change according to requests of other windows. Such changes usually happens when an item is selected or deselected. The graph editor, for instance, shows the properties of...

Document Area

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The document area works essentially together with the Project Explorer. When file are selected and double-clicked in the project explorer, their contents appear in the Document Area window. Depending on the file type, the contents can be only viewed (which is the case for image files) or can actually be edited (like text files or graph files). As this...

Graph Editor

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The graph editor is one of the available file editors and one of Sceelix’s core interface element. It is displayed inside the Document Area and handles files with the .slxg extension. Controls​ This is the control used to view and edit graphs, which appears in the Document Window: Settings​ You can change the graph editor settings through the graph...

Data Explorer

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The data explorer is the most generic viewer for information generated through graphs. Its purpose is to display all entities that have been produced in the last execution. The entities are displayed in a hierarchy, with the main entities at the base level and their subentities as subitems. The attributes of each entity are also...

Log Viewer

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The log window displays all kinds of debug, warning, error or otherwise important information. Logs messages can be sent by any other Sceelix window. In addition to their textual message content, they are identified by their type: information, debug, warning and error. Each type features its own indicative icon, as shown in the image above....

Image Viewer

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The image viewer is one of the available file viewers. It is displayed inside the Document Area and handles files with the .jpg,.jpeg,.bmp, and .png extensions. At the moment, this viewer provides only a simple interface for displaying images without leaving the designer.

Text Editor

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The text editor is one of the available file editors. It is displayed inside the Document Area and handles files with the .txt, .xml,.json,.ini and .csv extensions. It is also the default file viewer for all other extensions, if no other specific handler exists. At the moment, this editor provides only a simple interface for viewing and editing text files. Its main...

3D Viewer

Last Updated: July 11, 2025

The 3D viewer is one of the possible viewers of data generated by graphs. By design, the purpose of the 3D Viewer is to display data that have a physical/visual representation in 3D space. This is the case for all kinds of Actors, such as Meshes, Surfaces, Paths, etc. Navigation Controls​ The 3D Viewer controls...