The opening screen¶
What nfty shows before anything is open, and where it returns when you close a book (Ctrl+W). It has three columns (CREATE, OPEN, RECENT) and the Kitchen shelf along the bottom.
CREATE¶
| Control | Makes |
|---|---|
| New CookBook (Ctrl+N) | A new .cbk. Asks for a name, symbol, canvas size, an optional target supply (not decided by default) and a description, then opens it in the Explorer. |
| New Kitchen… | A new .ktn, turning its folder into a workspace. See Work out of a Kitchen. |
| Recipe | A loose .rcp belonging to no CookBook, saved into the open Kitchen or wherever you choose. |
| Ingredient | A loose .igt belonging to no Recipe. Opens the Ingredient Editor on it. |
The cooking metaphor, under the wordmark, opens the Quick Reference on the vocabulary.
OPEN¶
| Control | Opens |
|---|---|
| Open CookBook… (Ctrl+O) | A .cbk in the Explorer. |
| Import… (Ctrl+I) | A loose .rcp or .igt on its own, outside any CookBook (a .cbk or a cooked Set also opens). To bring a part or a picture into a book, use the Explorer's Import; see Import art. |
| Open a cooked .set… | A packed .set, or a sealed .tin (which asks for its passphrase), in the Set browser. |
| Open the demo CookBook | The built-in Chest Demo, written into a demo folder beside the app. See the demo. |
| Open Kitchen… | A .ktn workspace. |
| Open in viewer… | Any file the viewer reads, in its own window: an archive, a Set, a picture, a glTF model or an asset's metadata .json. |
| Rise an asset… | A .png on the Rise page, as one picture or, when it has a grid, as a spritesheet. |
RECENT¶
The ten files you opened last, with name, kind and full path. Click a row to reopen it. Settings → DATA → Clear recents forgets the list without touching any file.
The Kitchen shelf¶
The band along the bottom lists the contents of the open Kitchen: CookBooks first, then loose Recipes and Ingredients. Click a card to open it; the chevrons page through by kind; close leaves the Kitchen. A small flat-sheet mark in a card's corner means that part is 2D only.
The shelf is always there and always the same height. With no Kitchen open, or an empty one, it says so, so opening a Kitchen never moves anything above it.