Export tracing as a vector image (.svg, .emf)
Purpose
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Generate an .svg or .emf (Windows Enhanced Metafile) file of your data. When you export .svg, the preferences defined for line thickness (File>Preferences>Tracing>View) are honored in the exported file. |
Options and Commands
File location
- Type a file name for your vector export into the open box.
- Click and navigate to the desired location for the file.
- The default export format is .svg. Alternatively, you can choose .emf from the Save as Type dropdown, however the resulting file requires the MBF Bioscience font file (mbfsymb.tff) to properly display marker symbols (see Troubleshooting exported tracingsMarker symbols are rendered using the MBF Bioscience font file (mbfsymb.tff) in files exported as .emf (Windows Enhanced Metafile) format. This font is installed with MBF Bioscience software, but if you want to view your .emf export on a different computer, you will need to install the font; find it here: http://learn.mbfbioscience.com/mbfsymbfile.html. below).
Colors
Monochrome
The default is to export tracings in grayscale. If the background color is white, the color of the tracings is black.
Background color
Use the color picker to choose the background color for the tracing export.
View
Center view on tracing
Zooms in and centers on tracing.
Use main window view
The exported tracing shows the tracing as it is displayed in the main window.
Crop view
Click and drag the mouse to draw a marquee around the area you want to export.
Scalebar
- length: Type a value for scalebar length into the box if you want to change it from the default value.
- height: Type a value for scalebar height into the box if you want to change it from the default value.
- Click the button and modify settings in the dialog box that opens if you want to change the font for the scalebar label from the default.
- Click the color picker box to change the color of the scalebar and its label.
- Show label: Check the box to include the scalebar label in your tracing export.
- Click and click in the preview window to place the scalebar. You can drag the scalebar to reposition it if desired.
- Click to delete the scalebar.
Troubleshooting exported tracings
- Marker symbols are rendered using the MBF Bioscience font file (mbfsymb.tff) in files exported as .emf (Windows Enhanced Metafile) format. This font is installed with MBF Bioscience software, but if you want to view your .emf export on a different computer, you will need to install the font; find it here: http://learn.mbfbioscience.com/mbfsymbfile.html.
Stereo Investigator makes automatic adjustments to ensure that the export conforms to the resolution specified. If the resolution specified is higher than the resolution o your data file, pixels of the specified background color are added; if the resolution is lower, cropping occurs around the center of your data file or current view.