Selecting and hiding structures

You can select structures for analysis or Show/Hide by clicking or dragging with your mouse in the viewing window, using selection tools, or by clicking on structures or their names in the Traced Structures panel.

Selection and Show/Hide tools

Selecting with your mouse

  • For a single structure, click the structure with your mouse to select it.
  • For multiple structures, click the Marquee button, hold down the Ctrl key and drag the mouse around the desired structures.
  • To de-select a structure, hold down Ctrl  and click a structure.

Tools (buttons) for selecting, showing, and hiding

Find the following tools for selecting traced structures and/or markers by going to View > Edit:

Select all traced structures and/or markers
Deselect anything that is currently selected
Click then drag the mouse over the structures you want to select
Hide everything that is currently selected
Show (or unhide) everything that is hidden

Selecting using the Traced Structures panel

If the panel is not already open, click the Traced Structures button on the View ribbon to open it.

  • To view a list of structures, click the small arrow.
  • To select a structure, click the name of the structure. The structure is highlighted in white in the tracing.
  • To select multiple structures, click the name of one structure, hold down Ctrl and click the names of the other structures.
  • (Neurolucida 360 Ultra package only) To select and highlight all the vessel segments classified under the same name in the graphical window, click the Classification name.