Operators

A Operators are the basic building blocks of TOOLL.io. There are more than a 1000 and they come in two variations:

1. Compound-Operators that consists of other operators
2. Code-Operators that consists of C# code and optionally additional HLSL code

Connections

All Operators can have inputs (at bottom) and outputs (at the top).

Inputs / Parameters

Outputs – The Operator type

The Default-Operator "Home"

All Operators are stored with they unique id in the Operators/-directory. There is one exception, though: the Default-Operator. Because it works like your personal desktop, it is stored in the Config/-directory.

Cleaning up the workspace

On installation, we ship a "Default Home" Operator that includes an introduction and instances of example-projects. Although this is nice to get started, it might get tiresome and slow for the expert. The easiest way to get clean this op:

1. Exit Tooll.exe
2. Delete or Rename Config/Home.mop
3. Restart Tooll.exe

This will start with a clean workspace. Press TAB to start adding new Project-Ops.

Auto-Backup

By default, TOOLL.io makes a complete copy of the Operator\ and Config\-folders into Backup\. The default interval is 5 minutes and a maximum of 32 copies (which roughly amounts to 30 mb). With an SSD this process is a fraction of a second and barely noticeable. If TOOLL.io doesn't shut down correctly, you'll be asked if to restore the latest backup.

All settings can be adjusted in Config\UserSettings.json. Please refer to Settings for more details.