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Window
Select the Image Window where the polygons are created and shown.
Polygon Data
Load a previously-saved Polygon
Icon Tools
Create and edit polygons as follows:
Select Polygon:
When this mode is active, you can select existing polygons, move
polygons, and modify individual polygon points.
Create Polygon:
Click on this icon to create polygons. Polygons are manually created
by defining polygon points with clicks of the left mouse button
in the image window. Make careful note of which wavelength is
active in multi-wavelength Image Windows. After you create the
last point of the polygon, you must close the polygon by joining
the last point with the first point. Create Polygon is a "sticky"
mode. When you use it, softWoRx
remains in create mode until you specifically select something
else, such as Auto-Polygon, Select Polygon, or Insert Point.
Freehand Polygon
Creation: Use this tool to draw the polygons freehand. It is especially
useful when used with Guided mode.
Auto-Polygon Creation:
When you choose this mode, a menu box appears to help you define
parameters to automatically detect polygons.
Insert Point: Use
this function to insert a point to break an existing polygon line
segment into two segments. This function is not sticky (it reverts
to Select Polygon), so you can immediately move the point after
it is added.
Close Polygon: Use
this icon to join the last and first points in the polygon you're
defining. Shortcuts: Press the spacebar or click
exactly on the first point.
Add a circle
Add a rectangle
Delete Selected Point:
Choosing this icon deletes the selected or most recently added
polygon point. Shortcut:
Press e.
Delete Selected
Polygon: Choosing this icon deletes the selected polygon.
Shortcut: Press d or Delete.
Delete
all polygons
Copy
polygon for pasting
Paste
polygon
Undo Last: This
is a single-level undo for the last delete or move operation.
Shortcut: Press u.
Active Wave Mode
Choose whether all waves will be active when creating polygons or just one at a time. The default is All if the Image Window you are using is multi-wavelength and is viewed in color.
Guided Mode
Snap the points that you select in Create Polygon mode to the closest point matching the Guide Options parameters. By default, the point is snapped to the area of maximum intensity gradient in the specified box around the chosen point. You may also choose to snap to the pixel with the intensity closest to a specific threshold value.
Snap
Selected snaps all of the points in the currently-selected
polygon to the closest pixels matching the criterion specified
in Guide Options.
Note This may not always provide the refinement you're looking for. The size of the Guide Box may be too large and move points to undesired pixels.
Template Mode
Create polygons and display them as you move through the sections.
Apply associates the polygons with the section (the polygons are not associated with the section unless you click Apply). When you apply the template and the Active Wave mode is One, the template is applied to the current section in the current wavelength. If the Active Wave mode is All, it is applied to that section in all of the wavelengths.
Clear clears the polygons on the Template.