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Importing a ZEN Connect Project

You can load any of your ZEN Connect projects to continue with your work. There are limitations when you work with ZEISS Atlas 5 projects.

You can import a ZEN Connect project, even if an existing ZEN Connect project is loaded.

  1. You have added the Load File workbench.
  1. Add the Import ZEN Connect Project tool.
  2. In the Filename field, navigate to the .a5proj project file and click Open.
  3. A confirmation message is displayed. The currently opened ZEN Connect project will be replaced by the one to be opened. Note that all existing alignments and modifications will be lost, because your ZEN Connect project will be overwritten.
  4. To continue, click Yes. To cancel the import, click No.
  1. The project is imported and is loaded to the ZEN Connect tool. All images which are contained in the project are also loaded into ZEN core.
  2. If a ZEN Connect project was added at the import time of a second project, the first project is discarded. Any images contained in this project will be integrated into the loaded project and will be present in the ZEN Connect tree view.
  3. The newly imported second ZEN Connect project is displayed in the Image view.

Importing an Image into a Session

  1. You have opened a ZEN Connect project.
  2. You have added the Import Images into Session tool to the Load File workbench.
  1. On the Load File workbench, in the Import Images into Session tool, click on the browse button for File Names.
  2. A file browser opens.
  3. In the file browser, select the image(s) you want to import and click on Open.
  4. For Correlative Session, select the session of the ZEN Connect project where you want to import the image.
  5. If you want the image(s) to serve as background image, activate the checkbox Background Image.
  6. Click on Apply.
  1. The images are imported into the selected session of the ZEN Connect project.

Exporting Images from a ZEN Connect Project

You can export images from your ZEN Connect project as a single image for use in reports or publications. You can drag or resize the region to control the area that you want to export, or activate if image names and frames are shown on the exported image or not. You can pan and zoom using the mouse in the Image view to get fine control of the export area.

  1. The ZEN Connect Renderer workbench is selected.
  2. A ZEN Connect project is loaded.
  1. In the ZEN Connect Renderer tool, select the images you wish to export and make your settings, see ZEN Connect Renderer Tool.
  2. Click on Apply.
  1. The image is added to the session and is displayed in the Documents Area.

To export an image to your computer, right-click the image in the Documents Area and select Options > Save as.

Exporting a ZEN Connect Project

You can export a ZEN Connect project to use it in ZEN.

  1. You have loaded the Save File workbench and added the Export ZEN Connect Project (for ZEN) tool.
  1. In the Destination Folder field, select the folder where you want to save the exported project file.
  2. In the Project Name field, type in the ZEN Connect project name. The format is <name>.a5proj
  1. The ZEN Connect project is exported to the destination folder. You can use it in ZEN.

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