> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://wiki.inels.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://wiki.inels.com/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-menu-and-button-reference.md). # Appendix C — Menu and button reference *Everything you can click in the main window, and where it takes you.* *** ## Application menu `[☰]` | Item | Does | Chapter | | --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **New** | Empty project | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **New from default** | From the factory default — 61 predefined functions | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **New from user default** | From your own default | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **Open** | Open an `.elp` | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **Save** | Save to the same file | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **Save as** | Save under a new name | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **Export IMM** | Export for iNELS visualisation | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **Load from central unit** | Download the CU's project | [23](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/connecting-and-uploading-to-the-central-unit.md) | | **Save to central unit** | **Upload — this changes the building** | [23](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/connecting-and-uploading-to-the-central-unit.md) | | **Download Unit Firmware** | Fetch unit firmware | [25](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-firmware-update-manager.md) | | **CU configuration** | Network, time, cloud, MQTT | [22](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-central-unit-configuration.md) | | **Modules** | Optional program modules | — | | **Settings** | Language, connection, appearance | [27](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-settings-and-preferences.md) | | **Prefernces** | Project resource limits *(spelled that way)* | [27](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-settings-and-preferences.md) | | **About** | Version and registration | [3](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/installing-idm3-and-first-run.md) | | **Close iDM3** | Exit | — | | **Recent projects** | Recently opened | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | **IP address from project** | Use the project's stored CU address | [23](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/connecting-and-uploading-to-the-central-unit.md) | *** ## Ribbon tab: Project | Group | Button | Chapter | | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **Informations** | **Set** — project name, version, author | [15](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-projects-and-files.md) | | | **Device manager** | [16](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-device-manager-reference.md) | | | **Save as default** | [14](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/tutorial-macros-and-function-blocks.md) | | **Floors** | **Add floor** · **Edit floor** · **Delete floor** | [17](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-floors-and-the-design-tab.md) | | | **Load from central unit** · **Save to central unit** | [23](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/connecting-and-uploading-to-the-central-unit.md) | | | **Compile error** | [30](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/troubleshooting-idm3.md) | *** ## Ribbon tab: Controls A gallery of control icons you **drag onto the floor plan**. Right-click the tab header to choose which category is shown. **Only available on the Design and Groups workspace tabs** — it greys out on Function and Simulation. See [Chapter 17](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-floors-and-the-design-tab.md). *** ## Ribbon tab: Functions | Button | Does | Chapter | | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Add connection** | Toggle — drag from actor to consumer to create a wire | [18](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-wire-editor-reference.md) | | **Use selected macro** | Apply a macro to wires as you draw them | [14](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/tutorial-macros-and-function-blocks.md) | | **Wire manager** | Every wire in the project | [18](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-wire-editor-reference.md) | | **Function manager** | Define reusable functions | [19](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-managers-reference.md) | | **Macro manager** | Define macros | [19](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-managers-reference.md) | | **Function block manager** | Function block templates | [14](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/tutorial-macros-and-function-blocks.md) | *** ## Ribbon tab: Managers **Six buttons — this is the complete list in 3.5.3.** | Button | Chapter | | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Group manager** | [19](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-managers-reference.md) | | **System manager** | [20](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-system-manager-reference.md) | | **Persons manager** | [19](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-managers-reference.md) | | **Communication centrum** | [19](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-managers-reference.md) | | **Dali manager** | [21](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-dali-manager-reference.md) | | **Monitor** | [26](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-simulation-and-monitor.md) | *** ## Workspace tabs | Tab | What you do there | Chapter | | -------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Design** | Place devices on floor plans | [17](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-floors-and-the-design-tab.md) | | **Groups** | Build groups and add members | [8](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/tutorial-groups-and-scenes.md) | | **Function** | Draw and edit wires | [18](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-wire-editor-reference.md) | | **Simulation** | Test logic without hardware | [26](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/idm3-simulation-and-monitor.md) | *** ## Buttons that no longer exist These labels are present in the software's translation files but **nothing opens them in 3.5.3** — no command is bound to any of them anywhere in the application. If you are following older documentation, this is why you cannot find them. | Old button | Where the feature lives now | | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Program manager** | **System manager** → **System programs** | | **Heat cool program manager** | **System manager** → **System programs** / **Heat/Cool areas** | | **Alarm manager** | Group manager — create a group of type `Alarm` | | **Message manager** | **Communication centrum** | | **Periodic action manager** | **System manager** → **System programs** → Periodical | | **User manager** | **Persons manager** | | **Connect function block** | Inside the **Function block manager** | *** **See also:** [Chapter 4 — The main window](/inels-bus/inels-design-manager-idm3/the-idm3-main-window.md)