Using Examples#

Using Examples

This tutorial walks you through opening and using example projects in VEXcode V5. By the end, you’ll have an example project open and ready to explore.

Example projects are a great resource to explore different robot behaviors or how different blocks in VEXcode are used.

  1. Select File in the top-left of VEXcode, then select Open Examples.

Screenshot of the File menu open, with the Open Examples option highlighted.

Opening the Examples page will open a new project, so be sure to save any unsaved work in your current project first. If your project hasn’t been saved yet, select Save to save it before continuing.

Screenshot of the Unsaved Project Detected dialog, with the Save button highlighted.

  1. The Open Examples page shows all the available example projects, in either Blocks or Python.

Screenshot of the Open Examples page, showing the Project Language options and a grid of example projects with category filters, including Templates, Drivetrain, Motion, Vision, Screen, Sensing, Console, and Logic.

  1. Select one of the filters to narrow down the example projects shown, such as Drivetrain to only show example projects demonstrating how to code a Drivetrain.

Screenshot of the Open Examples page, with the Drivetrain filter highlighted and its matching example projects shown.

You can also use the search bar to search for the name of an example project.

Screenshot of the Open Examples page, with the search bar highlighted.

  1. Select an example project, then select Save and Create Project to save the new project to your device.

Screenshot of the Open Example Project screen, with the Project Name field and the Save and Create Project button highlighted.

  1. The project will open in VEXcode with code demonstrating the example already in the workspace. The robot will already be configured in the Devices menu, and a note in the workspace will explain what the project does and what device configuration to use with it.

Screenshot of an opened example project in VEXcode, showing the example's blocks in the workspace, a comment explaining the project, and the configured Drivetrain in the Devices tab.