Working with Images > Drawings, Measurements, and Annotations

Drawing a Spline Curve

A spline curve is basically a freehand line that has editable points.

To draw a spline curve on an image, follow these steps:

1. Open the image in the Image Viewing Workspace or Darkroom mode.

2. In the Drawings & Annotations toolbar, in the Line 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.

3. Move the mouse pointer over the image. The pointer changes to .

4. Click on the image to set the start point of the spline curve. A “+” point is drawn on the image.

5. Click again to set the second point of the spline curve. A curved line is drawn from the start point to the second point.

Tip: To change the line color, see Changing Object Color and Line Thickness.

6. Click to add additional points to the spline curve.

7. Double-click on the image to set the end point of the spline curve.

8. To turn off the tool, move the pointer outside the image.

 

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Drawing a Freehand Line

Drawing a Circle

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Drawing a Rectangle

Adding a Landmark Point

Drawing an Arrow

Adding a Text Annotation to an Image

Drawing a Mandibular Canal

Adding an Implant

Using the Undo and Redo Functions

Deleting Drawing Objects

Changing Object Color and Line Thickness

Moving and Resizing an Object

Rotating an Object

Changing the Stack Order

Using Measurements to Calculate Distances and Angles

Using the Zoom Tool

Using the Highlight Tool

Using the Color Tools

Cropping Images

Using the Isodensity Tool

Using the Densitometric Analysis Tool

Using Pseudo 3D

Using Negative Images

Using Cephalometric Automatic Tracings

Resetting Images