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FAXITRON PATH USER MANUAL | HOLOGIC | REVISION 024
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 Selection Tool: Use this to select (highlight) a current annotation object. Click and hold the
left mouse button down, which sets a starting position, then move the mouse around.
Whatever annotations are inside the box being displayed will be selected for further use.
Release the left mouse button to finish the operation.
 Line Tool: Draw a straight line with this option. Mouse behavior same as above.
 Box Tool: Draws a box. Mouse behavior same as above.
 Ellipse (and Circle) Tool: Draws an Ellipse or circle. Mouse behavior same as above.
 Arrow Tool: Draws a line with an arrow at the end. Mouse behavior same as Line Tool.
 Polygon Open Line Tool: Draws non-straight “open segmented” lines. Left-click mouse,
hold button, draw. Release left button, this sets a line segment. Repeat as desired. Right-
click mouse button and tool operation is complete.
 Text Tool: Creates a “textbox” where you can type text-based data.
 Ruler Tool: Creates a ruled line segment. Very much like the Image Tools Ruler feature.
 Polygon Closed Line Tool: Draws non-straight “closed segmented” lines. Left-click mouse,
hold button, draw. Release left button, this sets a line segment. Repeat as desired. Right-
click mouse button and tool operation is complete.
 Curved Open Line Tool: Draws curved “open segmented” lines. (Bezier curves.) Left-click
mouse, hold button, draw. Release left button, this sets a curved-line segment. Repeat as
desired. Right-click mouse button and tool operation is complete.
 Curved Closed Line Tool: draws curved “closed segmented” lines. (Bezier curves.) Left-
click mouse, hold button, draw. Release left button, this sets a curved-line segment. Repeat
as desired. Right-click mouse button and tool operation is complete.
 Text “Balloon” Tool: creates a textbox with a line segment protruding from a corner of the
text box. This can be used to “link” text to something on your image.
 Segmented Ruler: Draws non-straight “open segmented” ruled lines. Left-click mouse, hold
button, draw. Release left button, this sets a ruled line segment. Repeat as desired. Right-
click mouse button and tool operation is complete. The length of all the ruled line segments
is shown at the end of the ruler. Useful for a rough estimate of the periphery of an object o
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 Protractor Tool: Draws an angle on screen and provides the degree of the angle. Just like
a protractor.
 Orthogonal Ruler Tool: Provides two (2) ruled lines that are orthogonal to each other.
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