VI Basic Operations

TOOL

 

 

 

 

3Measuring Two-point Distance or Entering Information—TOOL Menu

3.4.4Measuring perpendicular distance

You can measure the distance between a reference line and a point on an image. The measurement line for this measurement can be saved as part of the overlay for the image.

1)

Press

Measure

. The tool bar shown below will be displayed. Select the

icon.

2)Press a color icon (red, blue, green, black, white, or yellow) to set the color of the measurement line.

3)Draw a reference line. Click the mouse button at the starting point of the reference line. To draw the line, hold the button as you drag the mouse. Release the button at the ending point.

4)Click at the position of a point located at the desired distance from the reference line. A perpendicular line will be drawn from where you click to the reference line. This is the measurement line. The length of the measurement line will be displayed in the vicinity of it. Each measurement line is assigned numbers 1 to 9. The number of measurement lines drawn in the same color is limited to nine. To change colors, click another color icon, so

 

that measurement lines drawn in that color will be assigned numbers separately from

 

those in other colors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To redraw a line, use

Undo

or

Redo

to to cancel or redo your most recent action. Up

 

to 10 recent actions can be retrieved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear

to erase all the content you’ve now entered. All lines drawn before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

confirmation with

Paste

will be erased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

If you draw a measurement line in the middle of

Undo

or

Redo

, recent

 

 

measurement lines drawn from that point in time cannot be canceled.

 

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To redraw a reference line, select the

icon once again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)

To save a measurement line to the overlay of the image, press

 

Paste

to fix after

 

drawing it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6)Press to return to the menu in which you previously were. Only measurement lines confirmed with Paste will be saved.

Once the content is fixed as valid, you cannot erase it unless you erase the entire overlay. NOTE:

*The display information is interlocked with the menu size. Small characters are displayed when you are showing a small menu, and large characters are displayed when you are showing a large menu.

*Normally, values with these functions are labeled with the units "nm," "µm," "mm," or "cm." However, if calibration values are selected after inch/mil conversion, they are labeled "mil," and an "E" is indicated, representing inch conversion.

*If the microscope connected to your system is the Nikon 80i/90i microscope with motorized or intelligent nosepiece, note that each calibration value call number is linked to the hole number of the nosepiece. This means you cannot change calibration values by selecting s1 through s7 . Calibration values are automatically changed when you change the objective.

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