User Manual
Functions marked _experimental _in this document are under development now. They may content bugs or may not work at all.
The Main window contains the Main menu, the Project tree, the Structure panel, and the Graph panel. The project tree displays various project items, such as models, data files, model extensions, etc. The structure panel displays an active model.
The main menu gives access to all available commands. Some of these commands are duplicated in toolbars or popup menus.
The Project toolbar contains project-related commands grouped on panels:
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New creates a new empty project containing a single empty model.
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Open the “Open project” dialog to open a project form file. The drop-down menu contents a list of ten previously opened projects.
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Save saves the project to a file having a current file name.
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Save as shows the “Save as” dialog to select the new file name and location of the project.
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Print – prints the current project (experimental).
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Panel Project items allow to manage of the structure and content of the project:
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New model adds new empty model to the project.
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New folder (experimental) creates a new folder in the Models or Data sections.
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New extension adds an extension to the selected model.
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Copy as text (experimental) copies the selected project item as text.
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Properties displays the Properties dialog for the selected project item. The content of the dialog depends on the type of project item.
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Delete item deletes the selected project item.
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Panels Stacks and Layers contents commands for manipulation of the structure of a model:
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Add (Stack) adds a new empty stack to the model. The new stack would be added before the substrate if no stacks were selected. Otherwise, it would be added after the selected stack.
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Insert (Stack) inserts a new stack before the selected one.
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Delete (Stack) deletes the selected stack with all the layers inside it.
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Add (Layer) adds a new layer into the selected stack. The drop-down menu contains the Insert Layer command.
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Copy copies of the selected layer(s) to the clipboard.
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Paste pasted layers from the clipboard after the selected layer or into the selected stack.
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Delete deletes the selected layer(s). The drop-down menu contains the Cut layers command.
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Data panel allows manipulations with experimental data.
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Load loads measured XRR curve from an ASCII file (*.dat, *.tet, *.txt). The drop-down menu contents Paste from the clipboard command.
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Normalize normalizes all points of the selected experimental data curve by a real factor F.
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Materials menu contents Library command. This command opened the Materials Library window.