Quick start

This chapter is intended for the impatient who want to create a Viper.NET project with an initial, empty image processing flow as quickly as possible.

A more detailed guide with additional explanations is located here: Example project Step-by-Step

Create Viper.NET project

  1. Start Viper.NET by double click

  2. Click on “New project”, then select the “Vision project” template.

  3. Enter folder (e.g. C:\ViperProjects\FirstProject) and project name (e.g. FirstProject). At the bottom of the list also enter FirstProject in each line.

  4. Start Viper.NET project

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See also:

The first image processing job

Create BV type and job

  1. At the bottom left click on the Gefasoft sign, then click on Functions->Type management.

    ../_images/quick-start-type-management.png
  2. Click on “New” in the type administration, then enter “Test” in the Name field and click on “OK”.

    ../_images/quick-start-new-type.png
  3. In the following dialog click on “Auto-create jobs” and then on “OK”.

    ../_images/quick-start-auto-create-jobs.png
  4. Open the Job Editor via the sidebar in the display and create a new ToolGroupItem.

    ../_images/quick-start-new-tg-item.png
  5. Double-click the new ToolGroupItem, then switch to Image sources in Image sources and create a BMP image source.

    ../_images/quick-start-create-image-source.png
  6. Double-click the image source and load any image file.

    ../_images/quick-start-edit-image-source.png
  7. Close Image Source. Under the image sources in the area, assign the image source to an input terminal.

    ../_images/quick-start-assign-image-source-terminal.png
  8. Close image source, Toolgroup Item Editor and Image sources, click “Done” in the type management, then click “Yes” at the “Save changes” query. Answer the query for archiving with “No”.

    ../_images/quick-start-end-edit-type.png

Type load and test

  1. In Viper.NET click on the Gefasoft sign at the bottom left, then click on “Functions->Load Type” and load the type you just created.

  2. Click on the “Play” button at the top left of the display. Now the picture should be taken and shown in the display, also the display will be colored green.

    ../_images/quick-start-viper-after-first-acquisition.png