Chapter 5 Viewing measurement results
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Working with measurement files
To make a measurement it is necessary first to open, or create, a measurement file.
Measurement files can be thought of as containers for the individual records cre-
ated by each measurement.
A measurement file can contain any number of individual records. Often these will
have been made at a similar time, but equally they could have been generated on
different dates. Similarly, a measurement file could contain records that are either
the result of measurements from one or more dispersion unit types.
Multiple measurement files can be opened at the same time, each of which is dis-
played in its own tab (see the Software overview chapter). When working with
multiple measurement files, it can also be useful to compare data by merging all of
the files into a single list; the All files tab offers this feature. Additionally, if
required, individual measurement records can be copied between files or copied
into an empty measurement file.
Opening existing measurement files
This section provides information on how to open and close existing Mastersizer
3000 (.mmes files) and Mastersizer 2000 (.mea files).
Files from the Mastersizer S/X/Micro/Microplus instruments can also be opened
(.sam files). These first have to be saved to an Mastersizer 3000 measurement file
format. However, no reanalysis is possible.
Note
Although Mastersizer 2000 files can be opened for analysis, they cannot be
edited directly. They are shown with a differently coloured file icon and
also a lock, which indicates their read-only status (like the Examples file
shown here):
Mastersizer 2000 files can only be edited if they are first saved in Master-
sizer 3000 format. This can be done by selecting Save-As., or by copying
and pasting the Mastersizer 2000 results into a Mastersizer 3000 result file.
To open a Mastersizer 3000 measurement file: from the Home ribbon’s
Documents section, choose Open-Measurement File. Mastersizer 2000
measurement files can be opened by selecting Open-Mastersizer 2000 Meas
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urement File.
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