This toolbar provides some useful functions to speed up the building process.

VirtualHardwareBuilderAutomationsToolbar

Each of these buttons are detailed below from left to right.

Display Automation Button

This button is available in Component mode when the selected Component type is Display. It enables the creation of all the States for a display using a specific font.

The button will display a dialog window requesting information about the font, LCD versions, padding and decimal point size. Clicking OK will automatically generate all States using the information provided.

See the Creating a Display Component article for further information.

Spread Repeat Button

This button is only available in Module mode and enables two Parts to be repeated and spread across the Module utilising all the available space. To use, align two Parts as you wish them to appear, then select them both and click this button.

Spread Repeat Alignment Button

This button is only available in Module mode and enables a Part to be repeated and spread across the Module, aligning the previously created Parts from a Spread Repeat.

Spread Repeat Alignment Connect Button

This button is only available in Module mode and enables a Part to be repeated and spread across the Module, aligning and connecting the previously created Parts from a Spread Repeat.

Stack Alignment

This button is only available in Module mode. It can:

  • force a Component to be aligned onto a Hub Spoke Parts origin centre. To use, select the Hub Spoke Part and the Component Part and click this button.
  • align two Components around the first selected Components centre point. To use, select two Component Parts in the required order and click this button.

Centre Horizontally Button

This button centres the selected items horizontally across the Canvas.

Centre Vertically Button

This button centres the selected items horizontally across the Canvas.

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