The menu File offers you the following options:
| Menu Entry | Description |
| Load Model Image | Select a
model image
which will be used to create the model of the object you want to find
later. The Matching Assistant can read the image file types TIFF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-XR, PPM, PGM, PNG, and PBM. Note: Descriptor-based matching and correlation-based matching work on a single channel. For color RGB images, the red channel will be used. |
| Load Model | Load a
model that you have
saved with the Matching Assistant or HALCON in DXF format
(or in the HALCON formats SHM, NCM, DSM or
DFM). Note: A model loaded from file cannot be changed and contains no information about the image from which it was created. As a consequence, all the menu items, buttons, and dialogs that would enable you to change the model parameters or display the model image are not selectable. |
| Save Model | Save the created model in a file. |
| Load Camera Parameters | Load camera parameters from file. For more information on camera parameters see Calibration. Restriction: Only supported for descriptor-based matching and deformable matching. |
| Load Camera Pose | Load a camera pose from file. For more information on poses, see for example, Transformation→Poses and Solution Guide III-C: 3D Vision. Restriction: Only supported for descriptor-based matching and deformable matching. |
| Display Image Pyramid Level | Inspect the model image pyramid and open the corresponding dialog in the tab Creation. |
| Load Assistant Settings | Load the settings of a previously saved Matching Assistant session. Note: If the settings file refers to a model image file that is no longer available because it has been moved or deleted since, you can choose to select an alternate model image. If (some of) the test images cannot be loaded, a message box with the missing image file names is displayed. |
| Save Current Assistant Settings | Save the current settings of a Matching Assistant session. |
| Close Dialog | Closes the Matching Assistant dialog. In doing so, the current settings are stored for the duration of the current HDevelop session. That is, as long as you do not exit HDevelop, you can reopen the Matching Assistant with the same settings. |
| Exit Assistant | Close the assistant's dialog and exit the Matching Assistant without storing the current settings. |