Get an overview of the Axure RP environment and see the tools available to you.
What is Axure RP?
Axure RP is a wireframing, prototyping and specification tool used by user experience designers, information architects, business analysts and product managers to design applications and websites.
The Axure RP Environment
Axure RP’s interface is similar to many desktop applications. It includes menus and toolbars for performing common tasks like opening and saving files and formatting your design.
Axure RP has a wireframe pane that provides a drag and drop environment to quickly design your wireframes. The wireframe pane is surrounded by various tool panes described below that can be detached and closed. Some panes are hidden by default and can be viewed using the View menu.
If you are on a Mac, check out the Axure RP for Mac Overview to see the environment and learn about the main differences.
Main Menu & Toolbar: Perform common actions like opening and saving files, and formatting widgets in a wireframe. Change the selection mode (Select Intersected Mode and Select Contained mode) or switch to connector mode.
Wireframe Pane: Design your pages in this drag and drop environment with options like snap to grid.
Sitemap Pane: Add, remove, rename, and organize the pages in your design.
Widgets Pane: Drag and drop commonly used widgets such as buttons, images, text panels and rectangles to design your page. Create and load custom widget libraries.
Masters Pane: Add, remove, rename and organize masters to reuse throughout your design.
Pages Notes & Page Interactions Pane: Add and organize page level notes and interactions in your design.
Annotations Pane: Add and customize widget notes and descriptions.
Interactions Pane: Define widget interactions such as basic links, pop ups, and dynamically showing and hiding widgets in panels.
Dynamic Panel Manager Pane: Hide and show dynamic panels. Add, remove, and manage dynamic panel states.
Location & Size Pane: Set the location and size for a single widget or a group of selected widgets.
Summary
Familiar with the Axure RP interface now? If you're having any trouble finding something or have any questions, shoot an email to support@axure.com.