Working with Images > Drawings, Measurements, and Annotations

Drawing a Straight Line

To draw a straight line 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 and hold, and drag the pointer over the image to draw the line.     

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

5. Release to set the end point of the line.

           While the button is activated, you can keep adding additional lines to the image.

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

 

Related Topics

Drawings, Measurements, and Annotations

Drawing a Multi-Segment Line (Polyline)

Drawing a Freehand Line

Drawing a Spline Curve

Drawing a Circle

Drawing an Ellipse

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