The TRIK Studio version is displayed in the window title.

And also on the start page.

Main window

After starting TRIK Studio, you will see the start page that displays the version of TRIK Studio, quick access to recent projects, and buttons for opening an existing project and creating a new one.

Project creation

To create a new project, click the "New project" button on the TRIK Studio home page.

Or select File → New project from the main menu.

A window opens with a new program in the visual programming language:

Read about programming in a visual language in the article:

Read about creating a new text program in the article:

Launch an existing project

To start an existing project, click the "Open project" button on the TRIK Studio start page.

Or in the main menu, select File → Open....

By default, TRIK Studio searches for files in the *.qrs format or the last open format (for example, *.js). If you need an existing project in a different format, select the desired format (for example, *.py) or All files (*.*).

TRIK help — a guide for working with the free robot programming environment TRIK Studio. You can find the open-source TRIK Studio code in our repository at .

The help also describes how TRIK Studio interacts with supported platforms:

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TRIK Studio modes

The TRIK Studio interface depends on the selected mode. TRIK Studio has two modes:

1. It is intended for creating a robot control diagram and executing it in the generation mode.

2. It is intended for executing and debugging a program on a 2D model or in interpretation mode on a real robot.

Switching between modes

There are three ways to switch modes:

1. Keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2.

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Editing mode

TRIK Studio in edit mode has the following interface elements:

Editor window/scene

The scene displays the diagram and allows you to edit it.

Read about creating a new project and working with the diagrams in the articles:

Editor mode also displays the current executable block when interpreting diagrams.

Main menu

The main menu of TRIK Studio contains a set of basic operations and environment settings:

For more information, see the article:

File panel

Edit panel

View panel

The View panel contains buttons that allow you to scale diagrams.

You can also zoom the scene using:

1. Hold down the Ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel.

2. Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+= и Ctrl+-.

Interpreter panel

When working with a real robot in interpretation mode, this panel also contains a "Connect" button.

Generators panel

The Generators panel contains commands for generating code and loading the program to the robot.

"Other" panel

"Other" panel may contain various information depending on the chosen platform.

Panel for switching between editing and debugging modes

The panel for mode switching displays the current TRIK Studio mode and allows you to switch between editing and debugging modes.

Property editor panel

The property editor is used to display and edit the property values ​​of selected objects (blocks, links).

About working with the property editor see article:

Sensors settings panel

Sensor settings allow you to specify which sensors are used on which port. The same can be done from the robot settings dialog.

Palette panel

The Palette panel contains a set of available blocks and the relationships between them, which can be added to the diagram.

How to add and remove blocks to the scene in TRIK Studio read in the article:

Variables panel

Status bar

Debug mode

The elements of the TRIK Studio interface in debug mode repeat the elements in edit mode, except for the editor window, property editor panels and palette. Instead of these elements, the next elements are displayed:

2D model window

The 2D model window opens if a 2D model is selected as the program execution mode.

The window allows you to set the environment in which the robot will be executed, set the robot sensors and observe how the program written in edit mode will work.

Read more about the 2D model in the article:

Robot settings panel

Opening robot settings panel

Error panel

In the case of syntactic and semantic errors in the TRIK Studio, a window with the corresponding messages appears.

To view the block where the error occurred, click on the message.

Plots panel

The Plots window displays the values sent by the sensors in real-time.

Read more in the article: