Offline Operation
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Scanning Probe Microscope Training Notebook
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18.0 Offline Operation
18.1 File
Handling
Once images are captured during Realtime operation, they are viewed and measured with the
Offline commands. Here we will touch on a few of the basic operations and functions.
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Each captured image is immediately stored in the Capture directory in Offline.
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Access to different disk drives is available at the top of the file directory panel. The !:\
drive is the Capture directory, the A:\ drive is a floppy drive, the C:\, D:\ and E:\ are
usually the computer hard drives. If the system has additional drives, they are set
through Z:\.
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The data management commands are found in the
File
pull down menu. This menu
contains the
Move
,
Copy
,
Delete
,
Rename
, and
Create
Directory
commands for
transferring data between directories.
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The
Browse
command, also under the
File
menu, places up to twenty-four images on
the screen with a variety of commands available at the top of the
Browse
screen. There
is also a
File
menu within the
Browse
commands which provides the ability to specify
in any order which images to
Move
,
Copy
,
Delete
, or
Rename
. Browse also provides
the ability to view two images side-by-side by using
Dual
, or to view up to six images
side-by-side using
Multi
.
18.2 Image
Analysis
A wide variety of analysis functions are available in the
Analyze
menu in the Offline for measuring
captured SPM images.
Each of the analysis routines is useful and described in detail in the Command Reference Manual.
Some of the most commonly used analysis routines are briefly described below.
Section
Depth, height, width, and angular measurements can be easily made with Section. For an example,
see