User Guide

User Guide

The Interface

Toolbar

Button	Action
☰ Menu	Access all app functions
↻ Refresh	Re-sync scripts from all sources
⚙ Settings	Open the settings dialog
↓ Deps	Install/update Python dependencies
■ Stop	Stop the currently running background script (disabled when idle)

The top-right of the toolbar shows the current version and an update notification if a newer version is available.

Search Bar

The filter bar below the toolbar filters scripts in the current tab in real time. Type any text to filter by name or purpose. Clear it to show all scripts. Filtering is case-insensitive — searching iges matches IGES Export Curve AXIS.

Tab Bar

Each tab corresponds to a script folder from the repository. Click a tab to switch categories. When more tabs exist than fit the window, ◄ ► arrows appear. Use the mouse wheel over the tab bar to scroll.

Tabs with no visible scripts are hidden automatically. If every script in a tab is hidden, the tab disappears from the bar and the app switches to the next available tab. The tab reappears as soon as any script in it is unhidden.

Script Buttons

• Left-click the button to run the script
• Hover the i badge on the right to see the script tooltip (Purpose, Author, Version, Date, Description)
• Right-click for the full context menu

Status Bar

Shows sync progress, script launch status, and exit codes at the bottom of the window.

Running Scripts

Click any script button to run it. The app will:

1. Verify the script SHA hash against GitHub to confirm it has not been tampered with
2. Launch Python with the script path
3. Show the status in the status bar

Console Options

Configurable in Settings:

• Show console — opens a visible Python console when the script runs
• Keep console open — window stays open after the script finishes so you can read output and errors
• Without Show console, scripts run silently in the background

Run with Arguments

Right-click any script → Run with Arguments... to pass custom command line arguments.

Stopping a Running Script

Click the ■ Stop button in the toolbar to terminate a script that is currently running in the background. The button is enabled only while a script is running and returns to the disabled (greyed) state once the script exits or is stopped. Use this if a script hangs or runs longer than expected.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
F1	Open Help
F5	Refresh + Sync
F9	Run last script
Ctrl+Tab	Next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Previous tab

Quick Launch Bar

The Quick Launch Bar is a small floating button bar giving one-click access to your favourite scripts without switching to the main window.

Enabling

Go to ☰ Menu → View → Quick Bar → Enable Quick Bar, or right-click the bar and tick Enable Quick Bar.

Buttons

Each button represents one script from your ⭐ Favourites tab. The face shows the first two uppercase letters of the script name. Hover to see the full name and Purpose in a tooltip. Click to run.

When favourites exceed the visible area, ▲ ▼ (vertical) or ◄ ► (horizontal) scroll arrows appear. The mouse wheel also scrolls.

Moving the bar

Drag any empty area of the bar to reposition it. Position is saved to settings.ini automatically.

Orientation

Switch between vertical and horizontal layouts via ☰ Menu → View → Quick Bar or the right-click menu.

Target app tracking

The bar tracks the state of a configured target application:

State	Behaviour
Target app has a visible window	Bar shown normally
All target windows minimised	Bar hides; reappears on restore
Target app not running	Bar hides; reappears when the app opens
No target configured	Bar always visible when enabled

When On Top with Target App is enabled, the bar rises to always-on-top while the target app is in the foreground.

Setting the target app

The default target is CATIA V5. To change it:

1. Right-click the bar → Set Target App…
2. Enter any substring that appears in the target window title (e.g. SolidWorks, Fusion 360)
3. Optionally enter the Target Exe — the process executable filename (e.g. CNEXT.exe) — to prevent the bar from responding to other windows whose titles share the same substring. Click Browse… to select the executable with a file picker instead of typing the name manually
4. Click OK

Clear both fields and click OK to disable target tracking — the bar will remain always visible with no topmost behaviour.

Right-click menu

Option	Description
Enable Quick Bar	Toggle the bar on or off
Horizontal / Vertical	Switch orientation
On Top with Target App	Toggle topmost-with-target (greyed when no target set)
Set Target App…	Set the window-title substring and optional process executable to track
Reset Position	Move bar back to default position

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System Tray

When Minimize to Tray is enabled, closing the window hides the app to the system tray. Double-click the tray icon to restore it. Right-click the tray icon for a menu with Restore, Refresh, and Exit options.