Process Ribbon for AMICS 5.2

AMICS 5.2 introduces a redesigned ribbon interface for the Process application. The ribbon uses the BCGSoft framework with a modern visual style, context-sensitive tabs, and a command search feature.

The Process ribbon has four permanent tabs and six context tabs that appear when specific content is active.

Context tabs appear automatically when you activate specific views or tools:

The main tab for day-to-day analysis work.

{{FIG: Process ribbon Processing tab showing all panels | Process ribbon - Processing tab}}

The Tools panel contains dropdown menus with multiple options for each tool:

Additional single-action tools:

Manage classification workflows and reference spectra.

{{FIG: Process ribbon References tab showing workflow and reference spectra panels | Process ribbon - References tab}}

Specialized tools for spectra, features, and scripting.

{{FIG: Process ribbon Other Tools tab showing spectra, feature, and scripts panels | Process ribbon - Other Tools tab}}

Appears when the TMQ (Target Mineral Quantification) view is active.

{{FIG: Process ribbon TMQ context tab showing filtering, reticle, and export panels | Process ribbon - TMQ tab}}

Appears when the Image tab is active.

{{FIG: Process ribbon Image Options context tab | Process ribbon - Image Options tab}}

You can set separate background (canvas) colors for the primary and classified image layers — both on screen and in exported images.

The background color is the solid color drawn behind the sample in the image view — the area outside particles and grains, and behind the image where there is no data. AMICS keeps two independent background colors, so (for example) the BSE image can sit on a black background while the classified mineral map sits on white. In earlier versions a single background color applied to both layers.

Both controls are on the Process ribbon, Image context tab → Image View panel.

{{FIG: Process ribbon Image View panel showing the Background Primary and Background Classified color buttons | Process ribbon - Image View panel}}

Appears when the Calculation Tables or Charts tab is active.

{{FIG: Process ribbon Calculation context tab | Process ribbon - Calculation tab}}

Appears when the Feature Grid tab is active.

{{FIG: Process ribbon Feature Grid context tab | Process ribbon - Feature Grid tab}}

Appears when the Manual Touchup tool is active.

{{FIG: Process ribbon Manual Touchup context tab showing pen, eraser, pipette, and fill tools | Process ribbon - Manual Touchup tab}}

See [Manual Touchup] for full documentation.

Click the File button (or press Alt+F) to access the backstage menu:

The ribbon includes a Search Commands field (top-right corner) that lets you quickly find any ribbon command by typing its name. This is useful when you know what you want to do but aren't sure which tab contains the command.

{{FIG: Command Search field in the ribbon showing search results dropdown | Ribbon command search}}