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BigCat User Interface

Stephan Saalfeld edited this page Apr 6, 2018 · 2 revisions

Navigation Mode

Default mode when starting the client.

Keys

F1
bring up the BigDataViewer help window
C
increase color stream seed (change colors)
shift C
decrease color stream seed (change colors)
E
export recorded fix list
U
assign fragment to INVALID list (confirm, used for marking fragments as processed)
J
toggle hiding of fragments in the INVALID list
N
select an unused ID
control S
save painted fragments, assignment table, and ID counter
control shift S
save flattened labels (assigned fragments and painted fragments mapped into voxels)
shift T
switch to intersection fill mode, leave with escape or by click shift button 1 to fill the intersection of painted cylinder and flattened labels
control C
change comment
S
save annotations
A
show annotations list
G
goto annotation
O
toggle overlay visibility
DELETE
remove annotation

Mouse

click button 1 (left)
select fragment id
click shift button 1 (left)
merge segments (record need merge)
click shift button 3 (right)
detach fragment (record need split)
click SPACE shift button 1 (left)
record need paint
click SPACE shift button 3 (right)
record need general action
click M button 1 (left)
fill flattened segment (assigned fragments and painted labels)
click shift M button 1 (left)
2D fill flattened segment (assigned fragments and painted labels) in the currently visible 2D slice
click SPACE button 1 (left)
fill a circle region in the xy-plane (ad-hoc hack for non-isotropic TEM data, can be a sphere or may change to circle in the currently visible 2D slice)
click SPACE button 3 (right)
erase previously painted labels, getting back to 'background' labels, in a circle region in the xy-plane (ad-hoc hack for non-isotropic TEM data, can be a sphere or may change to curcle in the currently visible 2D slice)
drag SPACE button 1 (left)
fill a circle region stroke in the xy-plane (ad-hoc hack for non-isotropic TEM data, can be a sphere or may change to circle in the currently visible 2D slice)
drag SPACE button 3 (right)
erase previously painted labels, getting back to 'background' labels, in a circle region stroke in the xy-plane (ad-hoc hack for non-isotropic TEM data, can be a sphere or may change to circle in the currently visible 2D slice)
click control button 1 (left)
select annotation
drag control button 1 (left)
move annotation
click control shift button 1 (left)
add presynaptic site annotation
control shift button 3 (right)
add postsynaptic site annotation
control shift button 2 (middle)
add synapse annotation

Intersection Fill Mode

Enables to draw a 2D shape and fill the 3D intersection of this shape and the current label map. This is useful for splitting falsely merged regions.

Keys

ESCC
leave intersection fill mode back to navigation mode

Mouse

click shift button 1 (left)
fill intersection of a projection of the painted 2D region and the flattened segment (assigned fragments and painted labels), then leave intersection fill mode back to navigation mode