The Tools

 

This menu will enable you to select which of the tools you want to be visible in the  control area. The available tools are grouped in 5 categories: "All Modes", "2D, "TAG", "3D" and "Other". Depending on the current mode, certain categories of tools may be unavailable (for example, TAG tools such as "Tag Lock" are only available in one of the segmentation modes).  The unavailable tools will have their buttons in blue outline.  For the other ones, just clicking on their buttons will activate the tool.  Active tools will have their button yellow.  Tools from sliceOmatic basic package have a grey button, while tools imported from the "Additional Modules" section of the Web download pages have a cyan button.

 

 

 

 

The All Modes Tools:

These are the tools that are independent of the 2D/3D information, they are available in all Modes.

 

 

The 2D Tools:

These are tools that are only available if the current Mode is one of the 2D Modes.

 

 

The 3D Tools:

These are tools that are only available if the current Mode is one of the 3D Modes.

 

 

The TAG Tools:

These are tools that are only available if the current Mode is one of the Segmentation Modes.

 

 

The Other Tools:

 

By default this section is empty.  It is only present in the interface if one of the tools can not be placed in its correct location.

 

 

Note:

 

The actual order of the tools in the list is based on the either the "Sort" name provided by the "Sort" function of the DLL or the name of the associated DLL files if the "Sort" function is not present. By convention the sort name for "All Modes" tools start with "0D", 2D with "2D", 3D with "3D ", TAG with "TAG". If a DLL does not respect this convention, its position in the list may not be correct. This has no adverse effect other than aesthetics.

 

Warning:

 

If the program is not full screen or if the screen resolution is not sufficient, some of the tools may not have enough room to be displayed in the tool control area. If this happens, you will see the following warning in the text window:

To fix this, you can either increase the size of sliceOmatic's window or decrease the size of the tools through the Configuration Menu.

 

Each of the available tools are described in more detail in the following sections.

 

If you select more tools than the program can fit in the tool control area, the latest selections will be given priority.