Getting Help in Vision Assistant

You can get help in Vision Assistant in any of the following ways:

Click the Context Help button on the Vision Assistant toolbar to launch the Context Help window. The content of the Context Help window automatically updates to reflect what is currently selected in Vision Assistant. Move the mouse pointer over the buttons in the toolbar, Script window, Reference window, Acquisition window, or Image Browser for tooltips that describe what each button does.
Click Help»Solution Wizard in the Vision Assistant menu to launch the Vision Assistant Solution Wizard and view typical uses of NI Vision in imaging and machine vision applications.
Click Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Vision Assistant»Vision Assistant Tutorial to launch the NI Vision Assistant Tutorial. This manual is designed to teach you the fundamental features of Vision Assistant through interactive discussions and examples, including particle analysis and part gauging examples.
Click Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Vision Assistant»NI Vision Concepts Manual to launch the NI Vision Concepts Manual. This manual contains information about the algorithms, utilities, and tools available in Vision Assistant and the Vision Development Module library.
Refer to the NI Vision Acquisition Software Release Notes for more information about configuring NI-IMAQ driver software, NI image acquisition devices, and cameras using Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX).

Tips

The National Instruments Web site provides information about NI Vision hardware and software. Visit NI Machine Vision at ni.com/vision.
Visit the NI Developer Zone at ni.com/zone. NI Developer Zone is an essential resource for building measurement and automation systems. The NI Developer Zone allows easy access to the latest example programs, system configurators, tutorials, technical news, as well as a community of developers ready to share their own techniques.
Several example scripts are installed with Vision Assistant. You can run these scripts to learn more about Vision Assistant scripting capabilities. You also can customize these scripts for your own applications. By default, the scripts are installed at <Vision Assistant>\Examples, where <Vision Assistant> is the location to which Vision Assistant is installed.