User Interface Reference#

NVIDIA Omniverse™ Isaac Sim is built on NVIDIA Omniverse platform, so it shares the same UI elements as many Omniverse apps.

Opening Page#

Here’s a summary of the Isaac Sim frequently mentioned elements on the opening page. For more detailed view of all the elements on the page, go to Omniverse User Interface.

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Ref #	Option	Result
1	Menu Bar	Isaac Sim Menu Bar
2	Viewport	The primary way of viewing assets. See Viewport for more details.
3	Main Toolbar	Tool Bar for manipulating the assets and start/stop simulation buttons are located.
4	Browsers	The default location for asset and example browsers.
5	Stage	The Stage window allows you to see all the assets in your current USD Scene. See the Stage docs for more details.
6	Property Panel	The window that displays the details of selected prim. See Property Window for more details.

Menu Bar#

The Isaac Sim menu layout may be different from the layout of other Omniverse applications. Here are the ones unique to Isaac Sim.

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Ref #	Option	Result
1	Create	The menu for creating various primitives and other simulation objects
2	Window	Opens various windows of loaded extensions, in this case, the ones composing the GUI and other extensions
3	Tools	The menu of available simulation tools for animation, physics, replicator, robotics, and USD
4	Utilities	Access various diagnostic and developer utilities such as debugging and extension templates
5	Layout	Opens menu for selecting preferred gui layouts

Here are additional references for selected menu items.

Tool Bar#

Icon	Menu Item	Action
/	Selection Modes	Allows user to pick select and object in the viewport. This is also the default viewport mouse behavior.
/	Move (Global / Local)	Instantiates a user widget that allows user to move a selected object or group of objects
	Rotate (Global / Local)	Instantiates a user widget that allows user to rotate a selected object or group of objects
	Scale	Instantiates a user widget that allows user to scale a selected object or group of objects
	Snap (enable/disable)	Sets snapping to specified increments or surface snap.
	Select Mode	Toggles transform widgets between local and global translation modes
	Play	Start an animation
	Stop	Stop an animation

Note

Tools with a small triangle below their icon denotes additional options are available by right clicking the icon.

Tabs#

The Layout of the windows can be rearranged by moving the tabbed windows around, and docking them to different locations.

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Panel Being Dragged (See Note Below)
Panels Original location
Acceptable Docking Locations

Note

A tab can be “torn-off” and moved to another panel or window by click-hold-drag on the tabs title-bar and dragging it to another location or UI pane.

OS Tabs#

Certain tabs in the interface can be detached from the main window which can be useful on multiple monitors and wide aspect ratio monitors.

To Detach a Tabbed panel follow the below procedure.

Right Click on a Tab to invoke the Move to New OS Window option
Left Click Select Move to OS Window action.
Position the window wherever you wish by Left-Click + Dragging.

Grab Handles#

Grab handles are found in all Omniverse Apps and allow the user to resize panels.

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Grab Handle

They are “invisible” UI Element dividers that, when rolled over, will illuminate and can be click-dragged. This allows for UI customization especially helpful in managing window content.

Note

Sliding is restricted to horizontal or vertical only.