Here you can define the positions automatically on the relevant sample carrier.

  1. A sample carrier must have been selected in the Sample Carrier section of the Tiles tool.
  2. Manually created tile regions and positions (setup by Contour and setup by Predefined) will be deleted if you switch to the setup by Carrier. If you want to combine manual and automatic setup, first use setup by Carrier and then switch to a manual setup. Tile regions that are created automatically by setup by Carrier, are defined to a container and permanently assigned and locked by default, against manual editing. You can unlock the tile regions in the Tiles tool by selecting the desired tile region and unlocking it via the options menu in the tile regions list. You can also unlock all tile regions here if necessary.

Parameter

Description

Select Sample Carrier

Only visible if no sample carrier is currently selected.

Opens the dialog to select a sample carrier template.


Create

Creates a position array for every selected container of the sample carrier.


Remove

Removes the position array for every selected container of the sample carrier.

Distribute Positions by

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Number

Activates the input for Number and Bias.

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Grid

Activates the input field for an Overlap.

Number

Only visible if Number is selected.

Shows the current number of positions that are distributed to newly created position array. Change the number to increase or decrease the number of single positions obtained by a position array.

Bias

Only visible if Number is selected.

Adjusts the overall position of the single positions in the position array.

-

None

The single positions will be distributed evenly within the array.

-

Center

The single positions will mainly be distributed near to the center of the position array. Less positions will be at the edges of the array.

-

Edge

The positions will be distributed to the edges of the array. Less positions will be in the center of the array.

Random

Only visible if Number is selected.

Activated: The single positions will be distributed randomly within the position array. The overall bias will still be taken into account.

Columns

Only visible if Grid is selected.

Sets the number of columns of the position array in each container of the sample carrier.

Rows

Only visible if Grid is selected.

Sets the number of rows of the position array in each container of the sample carrier.

Overlap

Only visible if Grid is selected.

Shows the current degree of overlap in % of each position in the array relative to its neighbors. Both positive and negative values are possible.