Working with Images > Drawings, Measurements, and Annotations
Drawing a Mandibular Canal
The Mandibular canal drawing tool allows you to trace a nerve canal on an image.
To draw a mandibular canal on an image, follow these steps:
Open the image in the Image Viewing Workspace or Darkroom mode.
In the
Drawings & Annotations toolbar,
in the Implant icon group,
click 
.
Note: If a white triangle is displayed in the lower corner of the icon, you can access the different tools in the icon group. See Using Icon Groups.
Hover the mouse pointer over the image.
Click on the image to set the start point of the canal drawing. A control point is added to the image.
Click along the nerve canal to add additional points on the canal drawing.
Control points are linked automatically. Control points added along the nerve canal can be used to modify the trace manually.
When you reach the end point of the nerve canal trace, double-click to set the end point.
The nerve canal trace is drawn in the current color selection.
Tip: To change the color of the mandibular canal, see Changing Object Color and Line Thickness.
Drawings, Measurements, and Annotations
Drawing a Multi-Segment Line (Polyline)
Adding a Text Annotation to an Image
Using the Undo and Redo Functions
Changing Object Color and Line Thickness
Using Measurements to Calculate Distances and Angles
Using the Densitometric Analysis Tool
