Template Menu



This screen can be reached from the Main screen, using the "New Project from Template..." or "Add Template to Project..." options under the the File menu. It may also appear at program start, if that option is enabled.

More Datalogger Options: The "New Project Menu" shows a small number of simple data visualization projects, but there are far more templates available for you to use. After creating a project, you will be taken to the main screen, where you can simply right-click on the datalogger input file and select 'Load Template' to view many other options. You can also create custom layouts and export them as your own templates for later use.


This Template Menu shows several available templates that you can apply to your project. Once applied to the project, you can further arrange, size, and configure the individual display objects. The menu uses template files located in the "Templates" sub-folder of your "My Documents\RaceRender" folder. When it is shown on program start, or by using the "New Project from Template..." option, it will display the "New Project Menu". That offers a selection of project templates, which are template files that have names starting with "Project -". If using the "Add Template to Project..." option, it will simply display all templates in the folder. When a datalogger file is added to the project on the Main screen, this menu will appear and display datalogger dashboard templates, which have file names starting with "Data -".

You can change the templates shown in this menu by modifying the template files in the "Templates" sub-folder under your "My Documents\RaceRender" folder. The menu is simply displaying the first compatible template files it sees, based on the file name criteria explained above ("Project -*" for project templates, "Data -*" for datalogger dashboards). It uses alphabetical order, and underscores '_' can be used to move a template higher in the sort order for inclusion in this menu. It is possible for the default template files to be intentionally overwritten and replaced with your own creations, but be advised that changes to those may be lost during any program updates. It is recommended that your own templates use different file names than the ones installed by this program.



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