Menus

This article describes all the items in the main Menu Bar. When possible, you'll be redirected to an article with an in-depth description of the feature the item refers to. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• File menu
• Edit menu
• Controls menu
• Output menu
• View menu

File menu

• New

This opens up a new empty project. You can’t open multiple projects at once so it will replace the active one if you already had a project open (in this case, a dialog box asking you if you want to save the current project before switching will appear).

• Open... [CTRL/Cmd + O]

This item lets you open an existing HeavyM project (a file with the .pxm extension). It opens up a dialog box that allows you to browse your documents in order to find the desired project.

• Open Recent

This item unfolds a list of recently opened Proxima projects (up to the last 10). Simply click on one of them to load it.

• Save [CTRL/Cmd + S]

This option saves the active project to your disk. If the project hasn’t yet been saved once, the “Save as…” dialog box will appear (see below). If it has already been saved at least once, the modifications will be saved by overwriting the project at the location you specified the first time.

• Save as… [CTRL/Cmd + Shift + S]

This option saves the active project to your disk. A dialog box will appear, requesting you to browse your documents and select a location where the Proxima project folder will be created. It has the following structure: it contains a .pxm file and a “MediaFiles” subfolder.

It will also let you specify a name for the project, used both for the folder and the file (if you don’t, they will be saved with the default name “New Project”).

• Import Media…

This option lets you import a media in HeavyM. When you select this item, it opens up a window that lets you browse your files in order to find the desired media. Once you confirm your selection, it will be added to the Sources panel.

Edit menu

• Undo [CTRL/Cmd + Z]

This will undo your last action. You can undo up to 100 actions.

Note
Settings changes are for the most part not “undoable”. The “undo” option mostly applies to the creation process (creation and deletion of sequences, shapes, group assignments, etc).

• Redo… [CTRL/Cmd + Y] or [CTRL/Cmd + Shift + Z]

This will cancel your last “undo”. You can redo up to 100 actions.

Note
This only works if there are no actions between “undo” and “redo”.

• Preferences… [CTRL/Cmd + ,]

This item opens up the Preferences window, which contains global configuration options for the software, like Cursor color, Layers scrolling options, rendering performances, etc.

Controls menu

• Keyboard Shortcuts List... [CTRL/Cmd + /]

This item opens up a window with a list of all the keyboard software shortcuts.

• Edit Keyboard Assignments

This item toggles the Keyboard learning interface.

• Edit OSC Assignments

This item toggles the OSC learning interface.

• Edit DMX Assignments

This item toggles the Art-Net learning interface.

• Controls Settings...

This item opens up the Controls   window, which, among other options, allows you to choose an active OSC device and see the list of keyboard or OSC assignments currently set.

Output menu

• Setup…

This item opens up the Output Setup window.

• Enable NDI

This option toggles the NDI output server.

• Show Cursor

This option toggles the display of the Cursor in your output. You can set its thickness and color in the Preferences.

• Show Test Card

This option toggles the display of the Test Card in the output. It can also be toggled from the Output Setup window.

• Show Canvas Geometry

This option toggles the display of the control outlines of shapes (vertices, handles, edges that bear the color of the associated group) in the output (except in NDI textures).

• Show Canvas Selection Highlight

This option toggles the display of a highlight of the selection in the rendering (except in NDI textures). Any shape that is selected (or if at least one of its vertices is selected) then turns white (with a transparency if it’s only hovered).

View menu

• Show Preview

This option toggles the display of the output of your project in the background of the canvas. By default, it is ON. Know that this feature is resource-intensive and can impact performance when enabled.

• Show All Centers

This option toggles the display of all Center points (instead of being visible only when their associated faces are selected).

• Show Geometry

This option toggles the display of the control outlines of shapes (vertices, handles, edges that bear the color of the associated group) in the Canvas.

• Show Screens

This option toggles the display of the outline of output Screens in the Canvas.

• Show Image

This option toggles the display of an image in the background of the canvas. You can set the image you want in View → Image Settings....

• Image Settings…

This item opens up a window where you can choose the image to use in the background of the canvas and its display settings.

• Zoom In [CTRL/Cmd + +]

This item increases the zoom percentage in the work area by 10%.

• Zoom Out [CTRL/Cmd + -]

This item decreases the zoom percentage in the work area by 10%.

• Zoom to Fit [CTRL/Cmd + 0]

This item sets the zoom level to 100% and centers the canvas in your window.

• Enable Magnet Snap [CTRL/Cmd + M]

This option toggles the Magnet Tool.