ZEISS INSPECT Add-On Development Documentation 2023
Welcome to the ZEISS INSPECT Add-On development documentation. With Add-Ons, you will be able to customize and extend the functionality of your ZEISS INSPECT software. You can include several template configurations from the software, as well as completely new workflows programmed in Python.
Important
Creating add-ons is a rather advanced topic, so you should be familiar with the basic inspection concept of ZEISS INSPECT beforehand. New to ZEISS INSPECT? You find an introduction in the ZEISS Quality Tech Guide:
Or, depending on your application, you might be interested in the specific articles Access Point: ZEISS INSPECT X-Ray, Access Point: ZEISS INSPECT Airfoil or Access Point: ZEISS INSPECT Correlate.
If you are new to Add-ons, you find some introductions in the ZEISS Quality Tech Guide:
Check out the ZEISS INSPECT Add-On news page!
Furthermore, we recommend following our how-to guides to get you started.
How-to Guides
- ZEISS INSPECT Python API Introduction
- Selecting elements in scripts
- Using the Add-on Editor
- Add-on file format
- Documenting Add-ons
- Using Visual Studio Code as an add-on editor
- User-defined Dialogs
- Creating wizard dialogs
- Using an additional Python GUI library
- Scripted elements
- Using script resources
- Working with stages
- Project keywords handling
- Using shared environments
- Using Python wheelhouses
- Adding workspaces to add-ons
- Localization of Add-ons
- Software and script starting options
- Testing add-ons
- Scripting solutions
- Frequently asked questions
If you already know how to create an add-on and now you are interested in Python programming in ZEISS INSPECT, take a look at our collection of Python examples.
Python API Examples
Available API functions are documented in the Specification.
Python API Specification