The Ribbon

The ribbon is the main toolbar in Volvicon, organizing all commands into tabs based on their function.

Ribbon Tabs

The ribbon contains the following tabs:

Tab	Purpose
File	Project management, import/export, media, preferences
View	View layouts, camera, display settings
Image	Volume image operations, filters, transformations
Segmentation	Mask creation, editing, and processing tools
Surface	Surface mesh generation and processing
Volume Mesh	Volume mesh generation and operations
Measure	Measurements, primitives, statistics, analysis
Analyze	Wall thickness, deviation, curvature analysis
Advanced	Scripting, AI segmentation, plugins
Favorite	User-customizable tool shortcuts
Help	Documentation, tutorials, support

Ribbon Structure

Each tab is organized into sections:

[Tab Name]
├── Section 1
│   ├── Button
│   ├── Button with dropdown
│   └── Small buttons
├── Section 2
│   └── ...
└── Section 3
    └── ...

Button Types

Type	Description
Large button	Primary commands with icon and label
Small button	Secondary commands in vertical groups
Dropdown button	Click arrow for additional options
Split button	Click button for default action, arrow for menu
Toggle button	On/off state (highlighted when active)

Tab Details

File Tab

The File tab does not open a strip of buttons like the other tabs. Clicking it fills the window with the backstage: a full-page view with its own navigation list down the left side, covering projects, import and export, media, the account, preferences, and exit. Press Esc, or click Back at the top of the list, to return to the workspace.

Group	Pages
Project	Home, New, Open, Properties, Save, Save As, Close
Data	Import, Export
Media	Record Video, Save Screenshot, Print
Application	Account, Preferences, Exit

See File Tab Overview for the page-by-page reference.

View Tab

Section	Commands
Layout	Conventional, 3D Only, Four Up, Four Down, and further layouts under More
Scene	Orientations, Copy Screenshot, Cine Loop
Slice Views	3D Contours, Crosshair, Window/Level, Slice Display, Voxel Information, Link Slice Views
3D View	Mask 3D Preview (Mesh), Mask 3D Preview (Direct), Slice Planes, Axes Planes, Volume Shading, Surface Representation, Shading, Additional (Colors, Object Widgets)
3D Clipping	Enable, Show Box, Invert, Reset
Camera	Light Studio, Camera Settings, Standard Views, Center 3D View, Reset 3D View, Reset Slice Views

Image Tab

Section	Commands
General	Create, Render Properties
Transform	Transform, Crop, Shrink, Landmark Registration, Global Registration, Pad, Surface-Guided Pad, Resample, Flip, Swap Axes, Reslice
Operations	Smooth/Denoise, Morphology Operations, Combine, Masking, Additional (Invert, Sharpen, Advanced Filters, Correction Filters)
Advanced	Curved Planar Reformat
Convert	Volume To Mask

Segmentation Tab

Section	Commands
General	Render Properties
Create Mask	New Mask, Threshold, Surface Determination, Region Grow, Dynamic Region Grow, Multilevel Thresholding, Watershed, Voids and Inclusions, Additional (LiveWire, GrowCut)
Operations	Crop Mask, Edit Mask, 3D Editor, Boolean, Smooth Mask, Multi-label Mask, Split Mask, Filter Regions, Refine Mask, Cavity Fill, Manipulate Mask, Interpolate 3D, Binarize, Additional (Partial Volume Calculation, Invert Mask, Fill Holes, Flip Mask)
Convert	Mask To Volume, Mask To Surface, Mask To Volume Mesh

Surface Tab

Section	Commands
General	Create, Render Properties
Transform	Transform, Interactive Transform, Global Registration
Edit	Diagnostics and Fixes, Merge, Split, Filter Shells, Editor, Cut, Clip, Boolean, Voxel Boolean, Fill Holes, Remesh, Voxel Remesh, Hollow, Smooth, Reduce, Subdivide, Extrude, Engrave Text, Additional (Mirror to Plane, Project to Plane, Poisson Remesh)
Analyze	Elevation, Surface Distance, Shortest Path, Collision Detection, Shells, Colorize
Convert	Surface To Mask, Surface To Volume Mesh

Volume Mesh Tab

Section	Commands
General	Render Properties
Transform	Transform, Interactive Transform
Convert	Volume Mesh To Surface
FEM	Configure FEM Model, Export FEM Mesh

Measure Tab

Section	Commands
Measurement tools	Measurements, Histogram, Draw Profile Line
Primitive tools	Primitives, Primitive Fitting, Measurement between Primitives
Statistics	Volume Statistics, Volume Similarity Statistics, Mask Statistics, Compare Masks, Surface Statistics, Volume Mesh Statistics
Analysis	Slice Analyzer, Mesh Quality Analyzer

Analyze Tab

Section	Commands
Analyses	Wall Thickness, Deviation, Curvature, Extrema, Gray Value, Void/Inclusion
Edit	Analyses Editor

Advanced Tab

Section	Commands
Automation	Scripting (Python)
Artificial Intelligence	AI Segmentation
Plugins	A menu of the installed plugins, grouped by module. CT Reconstruction → Cone Beam Reconstruction ships with Volvicon

Favorite Tab

Section	Commands
Manage Profiles	Create Profile

Further sections appear on this tab as you add your own favorite commands to a profile. Each command is placed in the section you name for it, and commands with no section name are collected under My Tools.

Help Tab

Section	Commands
Document	User Guide, Tutorial
System	System Information, Check For Updates, Send Feedback
Product	Register Volvicon, About

Title Bar

The title bar above the ribbon carries the commands that are needed from every tab.

On the left, next to the application icon:

Button	Action
Open Project	Open an existing project (Ctrl+O)
Save Project	Save the current project (Ctrl+S)
Save Project As	Save the current project to a new file (Ctrl+Shift+S)
Undo	Undo the last action (Ctrl+Z), or open the history list from the arrow
Redo	Redo the undone action (Ctrl+Y)
Panels	Show or hide a docked panel
Search	The feature search box

Undo and Redo are greyed out when there is nothing to undo or redo. Save, Save As, Undo, Redo, and the search box all stay disabled until a project is open. Panels stays available, so a panel can be opened from any tab and before a project is open. The panels it lists are described in The Interface.

On the right:

Button	Action
AI Assistant	Show or hide the AI Assistant panel (Ctrl+Alt+A)
Theme	Change the appearance of the interface by applying a colour theme

Undoing Several Actions at Once

The Undo button has an arrow on its right side that opens the undo history: a list of up to the ten most recent actions, newest first.

1. Click the arrow next to Undo.
2. Move the pointer down the list, or use the arrow keys. Every action from the top down to the one under the pointer is highlighted, and the line below the list states how many actions the selection would undo.
3. Click the action you want to go back to, or press Enter.

Volvicon then undoes every highlighted action, oldest of the highlighted ones last, so the project returns to the state it was in before that action ran. Picking the third entry undoes three actions, not only the third one.

Pressing the Undo button itself, or Ctrl+Z, still undoes a single action. The list is only an alternative way to reach the same history, and every step it performs can be reapplied with Redo.

note

The list shows fewer than ten entries when the history is shorter. How much history is kept is set by Maximum number of undos in File → Preferences → General, and an action that has already dropped out of the history cannot be reached from the list.

Searching Commands

The search box in the title bar finds any ribbon command by name, so you do not have to remember which tab it lives on:

1. Click the search box or press Ctrl+F.
2. Start typing the command name.
3. Pick an entry from the suggestions to run it. The list shows where each command lives and its keyboard shortcut when it has one.
4. Press Esc to clear the box and close the suggestions.

Entries inside dropdown menus are searchable in their own right, so a command such as LiveWire or Poisson Remesh can be reached from the search box without opening the menu that holds it. The panels listed by the title bar Panels button are found the same way.

Related Topics

• The Interface – Interface overview
• Default Shortcuts – Keyboard shortcuts
• File Tab – Project and file operations
• View Tab – Display and layout options