Aligning tracings and specimens

Purpose

Use the tools on this page:

  • In conjunction with the Serial Section Manager section alignment
  • To re-align your tracing after removing the slide from the microscope or restarting the software

If your tracings fail to align with your live image as you move around while tracing, check to make sure that the software lens selected from the drop-down menu matches the objective in use on your microscope.

If the correct software lens is already selected, your system may need to be calibrated.

An alignment tool might:

  • move the current section only
  • move images in the current section
  • move the reference point

Alignment Tools Comparison

 

Moves images

Moves reference point

Moves tracings

Rotates tracings

Current section only

Selection only

Acquired image mode

Live image mode

Joy Free

 

 

 

 

Match Points

 

 

with 2+ pairs

 

 

Match Section

 

with 2+ pairs

 

Align Tracing

 

 

 

 

Rotate Tracing

 

 

 

 

Move Selected Objects

 

 

 

 

Rotate Selected Objects

 

 

 

 

Move Image

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move Images and Tracing

 

 

 

 

See also Reference point overview and Placing fiducial markers and contours .