Creating object sets

Grouping objects into a set

1. Click Select objects on the Edit section of the Trace ribbon.
2. Select all the objects to be added to the group: Hold down the SHIFT key and click the objects OR draw a marquee around the objects.
3. Right-click and select Place into set.

   In the Name of Set window, type a unique name for the set and click OK.

Viewing and editing the set

1. Click Select objects on the Edit section of the Trace ribbon.
2. Right-click in the tracing window and choose Select by set.

Use the Create Sets feature in the 3D environment:

1. Trace all your structures.
2. In the 3D environment, click the Sets button to display the Create sets panel.
3. Select the structures you want to group into a set (e.g., neuron or glial cell): Hold down CTRL and draw a marquee around the structures OR hold down CTRL and click each structure.
4. Click the Place selected into set button.
5. Enter a name for the set. The set is added to a list of Created sets.
6. Repeat for all structures.

   To ungroup structures, use the Disperse button.

7. Launch MBF.Product to analyze your data: Click the MBF.Product button in the toolbar and save your data file.
8. In MBF.Product, note the sets listed in the Traced structures panel. You are ready to select analysis from the Analyze ribbon bar.