Customising venus

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Customise venusSet Simulator Delay

In Method Editor select ‘Tools’, ‘System Configuration Editor’.

110% is approximately real time.

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Customise venusChange Contents of Toolbox

In Method Editor select ‘Tools’, ‘System Configuration Editor’.

Select the step of interest and either hide it or make is visible.

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Customise venusChange Contents of Toolbox

To make all the steps visible.

Select ‘Commands’, then click on the button highlighted and select ‘Set all visible’.

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Customise venusChange View of Toolbox

Right click in the toolbox to access the 3 view options:

Tree View List View Tabs View

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Customise venusAdd Libraries to Toolbox

In Method Editor select ‘Method’, ‘Libraries…’.

The extra functions appear in the toolbox.

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Customise venusAdd Favourites to Toolbox

Right click on the step in the toolbox and select ‘Add to Favourites’.

If a command from a library is in your ‘Favourites’ you don’t need to load the library again. Drag the step from the favourites into your method and that library will appear in the toolbox.

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Customise venusMove the Toolbox

Left click and drag the title bar of the toolbox.

Leave it floating or snap to fit.

Left

Right

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Customise venusMove Groups in Toolbox

In Method Editor select ‘View’, ‘Customise’, ‘Toolbox Groups Order’.

This works in both tab and tree views.

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Customise venusChange Step Colours

In Method Editor select ‘View’, ‘Customise’, ‘Step Colours’.

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Customise venusChange Step Colours

Default colours

Customised colours

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Customise venusChange Size of Buttons on Toolbar

In Method Editor select ‘View’, ‘Customise’, ‘Toolbars’. Select/deselect ‘Large Buttons’.

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Customise venusWindow Options

In Method Editor select ‘Window’ then choose from:

Tile Vertical

Tile Horizontal

Cascade

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Customise venusWindow Views

In Method Editor select ‘View’, ‘Views’ then choose from:

Easy

Standard

Full

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Customise venusTemplate Deck Layouts

If you have a fixed deck layout you can create a template layout instead of re-creating it each time.

Create your deck layout, then right click on the grey area of the deck and select ‘Save As Template File’.

If you overwrite the existing file (save a copy of the original first!):

C:\Program Files\HAMILTON\Config\ML_STAR2.tpl

Then each time you create a new method your template deck will be used.

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Customise venusDeck Layout View

In Method Editor select ‘System Deck’, ‘Options’, ‘Advanced 3D View Options’ then choose from:

Windows Based P’X5 Based

Scroll mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Hold down mouse wheel and move mouse to rotate deck view.

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Customise venusLabware Categories

Make your labware easier to find by adding it to a labware category.

Open the Labware Editor.

Select ‘File’, ‘Labware Categories’.

Select ‘New Category’, enter the name of the new labware category.

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Customise venusLabware Categories

Open the labware definition of your labware.

Select ‘Edit’, ‘Assigned Labware Categories’, choose the category to assign your labware to the click ‘Assign Category’.

Select ‘File’, ‘Generate Labware Category Index’. Your labware now appears in the new labware category.