The Tools window lists the default process models for matching HPD processes as well as any user-defined process models. It provides a shortcut for running processes and process models without first having to create a process model or open data.
The Tools window is populated with all the processes provided in the licensed modules currently enabled in the application. Most listed processes are also available as commands that can be run from the menus and toolbars in the desktop application. Processes that can be used with multiple data formats are shown as an expandable group with a separate child process for each data format.
To launch the Run Process Model window for an item:
1. Double-click the item in the Tools window.
2. In the Run Process Model window, select the options for the process and click OK to run the process.
See Run Process Model for more information.
Some process options may not be available when running the process using the equivalent command in the desktop application. This is because some settings in the desktop application are obtained from the environment settings of the application, which are not read by the Run Process Model tool.
Similarly, some commands in the desktop application use multiple processes in a single run of the command. When trying to replicate this behaviour using the processes, you must run all processes used by the command, and run them in the correct order.
To run existing process models from the Tools window, you can add a System models group to the list. In order for this group to be visible in the list, a Process Designer folder must be created under the System folder in the installation directory of the application. This folder must contain a Models subfolder, and process model files must be placed in this subfolder. If the default installation path has been used, the resulting file path would be:
C:\Program Files\CARIS\<application>\<version>\system\process designer\models
When this folder structure is set up and the application has been started, all process model files in the Models directory are now available in the Tools window list. The models are listed under System models using their file name and have different icons from those of the processes (
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If you try to run a process model containing processes from a module that is not enabled in the application, an error message states that the license check has failed. |
A right-click context menu is also available in the Tools window. The commands in this menu vary depending on the item from which the menu is launched. The possible commands are listed below.
Command | Description |
|---|---|
Run | Launches the Run Process Model dialog box, populated with the options for the process or process model from which it was launched. This command is available from either a process or a process model. |
Edit | Launches Process Designer, where the process model can be edited and saved. This command is available from a process model only. |