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 tracingsOlder versions of web browsers do not support the method that Neurolucida 360 software uses to draw dendritic spines. The following web browser versions can display spine tracings properly:Chrome: v4.0(2010) - 83.0.4103.61Firefox: v3.0 (2008) - v76.0.1Internet Explorer: no support as of v11.0Microsoft Edge: v79.0 (2020) - v83.0.478.37Safari: v3.2(2008) - v12.1.2Marker 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.
Color by branch order
Tree structures are displayed so that each branch order has a specific color.
The top color is assigned to order 1 branches, the next color is assigned to order 2 branches and so forth. If the end of the list is reached (i.e., Color 14) and more colors are needed, the colors are reused.
Background color
Use the color picker to choose the background color for the tracing export.
Set neuron colors
Click this button to open Neuron preferences and set options for display and 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 2D 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
- Older versions of web browsers do not support the method that Neurolucida 360 software uses to draw dendritic spines. The following web browser versions can display spine tracings properly:
- Chrome: v4.0(2010) - 83.0.4103.61
- Firefox: v3.0 (2008) - v76.0.1
- Internet Explorer: no support as of v11.0
- Microsoft Edge: v79.0 (2020) - v83.0.478.37
- Safari: v3.2(2008) - v12.1.2
- 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.
Neurolucida 360 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.