I’ve been using 3DSlicer to segment and create 3d printable models mostly for Orthopaedic surgical planning. I have some background in HCI/Usability and I have a suggestion for user interface improvement in the segment editor. I created a rough mock-up below: [Editor%201] I think having the 3DSl…

For now, you can use any software as a drawing tool. Qt Designer (which is completely different from Qt Design Studio) is special because .ui files that it generates can be loaded directly into Slicer. Qt Designer is bundled with Slicer (run SlicerDesigner.exe or follow steps described in the tutor…

Ahh, I found it, thanks. As a prelude to interface design, normally functions are grouped together. So a ribbon is really an organised toolbar with tabs. What comes to mind is the trade-off between modules which is useful from a user contributed perspective versus program functions given the workfl…

I haven’t thought about putting all the module GUIs in the toolbar, but it’s an interesting idea. Maybe it could be tried on a few modules as an experiment. What I’ve thought that the ribbon would contain selected commonly used functions, such as features already in the toolbar and menu, but better…

How would you put the following effects into logical groupings based on usage? None Paint Draw Erase Level Tracing Grow from seeds Fill between slices Threshold Margin Smoothing Scissors Logical operators Draw Tube Fast Marching Flood Filling Mask Volume Split Volume Surface Cut W…

Another easy change with a drastic increase in usability (in my mind) would be to have the headers of subsections clearly delineated with a higher contrast background as the following example shows: [Untitled] It makes it easier to visually scan all the properties or settings on the panel pages.

[image] Umesh_Persad: How would you put the following effects into logical groupings based on usage? Maybe something like this could work as a categorization: Manual editing: Paint Draw Erase Level Tracing Scissors Semi-automatic editing: Threshold Grow from seeds Fill between slices Wa…

Personally, the biggest UI improvements to segment editor would come from making some of the buttons smaller, and saving some real-estate. Currently I have four rows segment effects. Some of the icons are fairly large, and because number of rows change by the width of the module panel, it gets confu…

The categories would be used to order the tools on the panels/ribbon. We discussed two alternative designs. Here are wireframes showing rough positioning of items. Alternative 1 - Reorganized side panel layout. Click on a tool and the options panel contextually changes to the options for the tool. …

[image] muratmaga: +1 for the dark header subsection, better contrast will help to find the subsection boundaries more clearly I’d also like this - it doesn’t have to be dramatic, just easier to see (and if possible it could be smaller). Similarly, I find the scrollbar to be very subtle too.…

While these designs look elegant, I would discourage any changes to UI that will result in less viewer area than what we currently have. I often work with the four up view (if not more), and even on 4K screen, I find myself that I need to undock the panel and menus to 2nd screen to increase the view…

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