Reconstruct User Manual
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RECONSTRUCT™ User Manual Version 1.1.0.0 Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................... i Chapter 1: Quick Start .................................................................... 1 Getting Started ........................................................................................................ 1 Main Window........................................................................................................... 2 Create a Series ....................................................................................................... 2 Import Section Images ............................................................................................ 2 Calibrate Pixel Size ................................................................................................. 4 Align Sections ......................................................................................................... 5 Step 1. .................................................................................................................. 5 Step 2. .................................................................................................................. 5 Step 3. .................................................................................................................. 5 Step 4. .................................................................................................................. 6 Step 5. .................................................................................................................. 6 Step 6. .................................................................................................................. 6 Step 7. .................................................................................................................. 6 Step 8. .................................................................................................................. 6 Step 9. .................................................................................................................. 6 Trace Profiles .......................................................................................................... 6 View Three-Dimensional Object.............................................................................. 7 Chapter 2: Software History...................................................... 9 History..................................................................................................................... 9 Credits................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 3: Software Overview.............................................. 12 Series, Sections, Domains, Traces, and Objects .................................................. 12 Data File Organization........................................................................................... 13 XML File Formats ............................................................................................... 13 Image File Formats............................................................................................. 16 DXF Imports ....................................................................................................... 16 DXF Exports ....................................................................................................... 17 3D Output Formats ............................................................................................. 18 System Requirements........................................................................................... 18 Operating System............................................................................................... 18 OpenGL.............................................................................................................. 18 Hardware Requirements..................................................................................... 18 Chapter 4: User Interface .......................................................... 20 Windows and Dialogs............................................................................................ 20 Resizing and Moving Windows........................................................................... 20 Reconstruct v1.1.0.0 i Table of Contents Switching Between Windows.............................................................................. 20 Main Window......................................................................................................... 21 Main Menu ............................................................................................................ 22 Tools Window........................................................................................................ 23 Status Bar ............................................................................................................. 24 Section List Window.............................................................................................. 24 Thumbnails Window.............................................................................................. 26 Domain List Window.............................................................................................. 27 Trace List Window................................................................................................. 28 Trace Palette Window ........................................................................................... 29 Object List Window ............................................................................................... 30 3D Scene Window................................................................................................. 31 Z-Trace List Window ............................................................................................. 32 Distances List Window .......................................................................................... 33 Exiting or Aborting................................................................................................. 33 Chapter 5: Series............................................................................... 35 Creating a Series .................................................................................................. 35 Opening and Closing Series.................................................................................. 35 Saving a Series ..................................................................................................... 35 Series Options....................................................................................................... 36 General ............................................................................................................ 36 Names/Colors .................................................................................................. 37 Grids ................................................................................................................ 37 3D .................................................................................................................... 38 Lists ................................................................................................................. 38 Wildcards and Displaying a List ....................................................................... 39 Movements ...................................................................................................... 39 Proxies............................................................................................................. 39 Thumbnails ...................................................................................................... 40 Autotracing....................................................................................................... 40 Exporting and Importing Images ........................................................................... 43 Exporting Trace Lists ............................................................................................ 43 Exporting Traces as Line Drawings....................................................................... 43 Importing Line Drawings........................................................................................ 43 Importing Series Data............................................................................................ 43 Chapter 6: Sections......................................................................... 45 Section Indexing.................................................................................................... 45 Creating a Section................................................................................................. 45 Saving a Section ................................................................................................... 45 Displaying a Section.............................................................................................. 46 Centering............................................................................................................ 46 Zooming and Panning ........................................................................................ 46 Reconstruct v1.1.0.0 ii Table of Contents Paging Sections .................................................................................................... 47 Blending and Flickering Sections .......................................................................... 47 Listing all Sections 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