Patterns / Measurements / Annotations - Thermo Scientific Apreo User's Operation Manual

Patterns / Measurements / Annotations

The toolbar Patterns / Measurement / Annotation items give a user
many capabilities to draw pattern shapes, to measure distances,
angles, diameters and areas and to locate and label items that are
of significant interest on the sample area.
The selected tool is shown as the toolbar icon. Clicking on it
activates (drawing mode – orange background) / deactivates
(white arrow cursor – normal background) the tool. Clicking on
the down arrow icon opens the list of available tools. The one
chosen is activated from that time on, and the object can be
drawn onscreen. To deactivate the drawing mode at any time,
press the Esc (keyboard).
Each tool shows its description as a tooltip.
• Patterns – enable creating various pattern objects, which are
prepared for subsequent processing.
• Measurements graphics – enable gaining dimension
information about a specimen feature by overlaying it with a
measurement object of different shapes. When changing the magnification, these objects resize accordingly.
• Annotations graphics – enable graphical highlighting and labeling of the items of interest with different shapes.
Shape Creating
1. Choose the suitable Patterns / Measurements / Annotations graphic tool.
2. Draw the graphic over the area of interest.
This can be done by:
• clicking & dragging the cursor in any direction – this creates a rectangle shape
• Shift + clicking & dragging the cursor to any direction – this creates a rectangle shape that starts to grow from
the point where you have clicked as its center.
To create a text label, click the T annotation tool, create a rectangle area into which a text should fit, and start writing.
Shape Editing
Once a Pattern / Measurement / Annotation object has been drawn, it can be adjusted in size and position over
the area of interest. A number of appropriate properties are available in the Property editor, which can be changed
by a selection from a drop down list or by direct precise editing of a text or a value.
To select all objects in the active display, press Ctrl + A. To delete selected object(s), press the Delete key.
The selected object is denoted by the addition of resizing handles (white
rounded or square points) to the graphic outline. Moving mouse point cursor
in the vicinity of these points forces the cursor to change:
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• Moving: click inside the boundary of the object and drag it.
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Note
Holding the Ctrl + Alt keys while hitting any arrow key moves the pattern
in a corresponding direction by a fixed distance.
• Rotating: click on the object rotation control (white point in the middle 
above the graphic) and drag it.
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• Resizing: click on & drag the resizing handle until the desired size is reached 
(horizontal / vertical / diagonal resizing cursor). Holding the Ctrl key while 
dragging forces the dimensions to be changed proportionally.
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Operating Procedures: Patterns / Measurements / Annotations
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C O N F I D E N T I A L – limited rights
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