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VI Basic Operations
3 Measuring Two-point Distance or Entering Information—TOOL Menu
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3) Draw a measurement line.
Click the mouse button at the start point of the object to be measured and hold down the
mouse button while you drag and release the mouse button at the end point, to draw a
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 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 you’ve drawn will be
erased unless you have pasted.
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.
4) To save a measurement line to the overlay of the image, press Paste to fix after
drawing it.
5) Press to return to the menu in which you previously were. Any measurement lines
you’ve created will be erased unless you pasted. 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.
* Use this function when the units "nm," " µ m," "mm," and "cm" are displayed.
If other units are displayed, you need to make the calibration setting once
again.
* 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.