Positions Section

X Position

Displays the x coordinate of the current position.

Y Position

Displays the y coordinate of the current position.

Add

Adds the current position to the Positions List and activates it for acquisition.

Single Positions

Shows the Single Positions List.
To learn more about single positions see glossary "Position".

Position Arrays

Shows the Position Arrays List and the Positions of selected Array List, that shows a full Single Positions List for the selected position array.
To learn more about position arrays see glossary "Position".

Single Position List/Position Array List

Displays the added positions/ position arrays. The list contains the following columns and buttons.

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Checkbox

Activates the relevant list entry for acquisition.

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Name

Displays and edits the name of the single position.

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Category

Displays the category of the single position. Categories can be defined in the view options of the advanced tiles setup on the properties tab.

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Contour

Only visible if you have selected Position Arrays.

Displays the contour of the position array.

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Positions

Only visible if you have selected Position Arrays.

Displays the number of positions of the position array.

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Size

Only visible if you have selected Position Arrays.

Displays the size of the position array.

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X

Displays the x-position of the single position.

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Y

Displays the y-position of the single position.

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Z

Displays and edits the z-position of the single position.

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With the buttons you can shift selected list entry one position up or down in the tile regions list. This allows you to modify the acquisition order.
Note that the Tile Regions/Positions checkbox has to be deactivated in Tiles Options.
Note that the order in the list will only be respected if the sorting of tile regions/ positions is deactivated in the Options section (Stage Travel Optimization)!

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Delete

Deletes the selected list entry.

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Options

Opens the Options for Editing Single Positions or Options for Editing Position Arrays respectively.

Verify

Opens the Verify Tile Regions or Verify Positions Dialog.

Properties Position

Only visible if you have license for the Tiles & Positions module.

Displays the name of the currently selected position.

Category

Only visible if you have license for the Tiles & Positions module.

Shows the currently assigned category of the selected tile region. The Default category is set for all new tile regions.

Options

Only visible if you have license for the Tiles & Positions module.

Opens the options for editing and creating categories.

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New...

Opens the New Category dialog to create a new category.

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Edit…

Opens the Edit Category dialog to edit the selected category.

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Delete

Deletes the selected category and sets the category of the tile region to Default.

X

Only visible if you have license for the Tiles & Positions module.

Displays and sets the x-value of the selected tile region.

Y

Only visible if you have license for the Tiles & Positions module.

Displays and sets the y-value of the selected tile region.

Z

Only visible if you have license for the Tiles & Positions module.

Displays and sets the z-value of the selected tile region.

Set Current Z

Only visible if you have license for the Tiles & Positions module.

Sets the Z dimension at the current Z position of the focus drive.