02 - Circuit Tools Ribbon Menu

Updated on Mar 4, 2026

The main interface in Circuit Tools is a ‘Ribbon’ style menu that consists of a File button to access the main menu, a Quick-access toolbar, and the different Tabbed menu items.
 

CTW Ribbon Menu

You can toggle the visibility of the Ribbon menu on or off by using the Ctrl + F1 shortcut, use the R shortcut or the minimise/maximise button to the right of the toolbar.

Hiding the menu gives you more room to analyse the data.
 

CTW Collapse Ribbon

Clicking the File button brings up a number of options:
 

CTW File Menu

 

Load
Load file (Ctrl + O and F3 shortcuts)
Load split file
Load user-defined split file
Load circuit overlay
Load circuit overlay file
Start/finish wizard
Manually set the Start/Finish (Ctrl + G shortcut)
Clear
Clear all data (Ctrl + N shortcut)
File transfer wizard 
Copy files and rename them (F2 shortcut)
Quick Start Guide
Opens Quick Start Video
Software Guide
Opens the Circuit Tools user guide on the Racelogic Support Centre (F1 shortcut)
Check for Updates
The software checks for any uninstalled updates
Release Notes
Links to the release notes page on the Support Centre
Recent files 
Links to the last used files
About
Displays the current software version
Exit
Exit the software

NOTE: Load Split File, Load Circuit Overlay, Start/Finish Wizard and Clear are not available options in the menu if a .vbo is not loaded.

This is located in the top left corner of the screen.
 

CTW Quick Access

There are different menu tabs for each of the main windows, Home, Session, GraphVideo, Track and Data.

These will change automatically when you click on one of the windows and will contain relevant functions and settings for that particular window.
 

CTW Tabbed Menu

Tip

If you hover the mouse over any buttons, you will see a text box showing helpful hints giving more explanation about the function of that button.

Tooltip

Tip

If you hover the mouse over any buttons, you will see a text box showing helpful hints giving more explanation about the function of that button.

Tooltip
CTW Ribbon Menu

To change units of Speed, Distance or Acceleration, use the Units menu on the Home tab.
 

CTW Units
CTW Sceen Layout2

The main analysis screen can be viewed in a number of different layouts depending on your requirements. You can find information on all of the available layouts on the Screen Layouts page.

To change the font used in the software and colour used on the laps, use the Fonts and colours menu on the Home tab. You can also change the opacity (transparency) of unselected channels in this menu.

If you have enabled Auto colour laps, the fastest lap will always be displayed in red on the graph. To manually change the colour, switch off this feature and double-click the coloured box next to the Lap Number.
 

CTW Fonts

You can chose between two languages in the software, English and Deutsch. Select the currently used language on the right of the Home menu and use the drop-down menu to select the other available language.

IMPORTANT - Changing the language will cause the software to immediately close and reopen in the selected language without reopening the file in use.

CTW Language