VI Basic Operations

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

3.4.6Measuring circles

You can measure the diameter and circumference of circles drawn on the screen and save circles and measurement results (diameter and circumference) as part of the overlay for the image.

1)

Press

Measure

. The tool bar shown below will be displayed.

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

3)Select the icon. A circle of arbitrary size is displayed in the center of the image. To move the circle, click near the center and drag to where you wish the object to be located. To resize the circle, click near the circumference and drag to the desired size. The diameter and circumference will be displayed in the vicinity of the center. Each measurement result is assigned numbers 1 to 9. The number of circles drawn in the same

 

color is limited to nine. To change colors, click another color icon, so measurement results

 

in that color will be assigned numbers separately from those in other colors. To redraw a

 

circle, use

 

 

or

 

 

to cancel or redo your most recent action. Up to 10 recent

 

 

Undo

Redo

 

actions can be retrieved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use

 

 

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

 

Clear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

confirmation with

Paste

will be erased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To measure a new circle, select the

icon once again.

 

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If you draw a new circle in the middle of

 

 

 

 

, recent

 

 

Undo

or

Redo

 

 

measurement results cannot be canceled.

 

 

 

 

 

4)

To save a circle and its measurement results to the overlay of the image, press

Paste

 

 

to fix after the measurement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)Press to return to the menu in which you previously were. Only measurement results angles 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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