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Create object sets

Use this functionality to group traced structures into sets for later analysis in Neurolucida Explorer (sets are listed in the Traced Structures window).

The quickest way to create sets is to use the Create Sets functionality 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 steps 3-5 for all structures.

    To ungroup structures, use the Disperse button.

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

 

Alternatively, you can use the editing mode in the standard window:

Grouping objects into a set

  1. Click Trace>Edit>Select objects.
  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 Trace>Edit>Select objects and make sure no object is selected.
  2. Right-click in the tracing window and choose Select by set.