3D Tools

3D Tools contains GUI functions for displaying, manipulating, and editing objects and volumes. The 3D Tools are part of the Analysis Tools panel and are visible when you are in 3D View or 3D Plane View. The toolbar within the 3D Tools tab contains the different 3D tools that, when selected, will update the GUI to show relevant controls.

Interface

The 3D Tools tab is in the Analysis Tools panel, which is pinned on the right side of the Aivia window by default. The 3D Tools tab is visible when you are in 3D View or 3D Plane View. To access the 3D tools, click on the 3D Tools tab at the top of the Analysis Tools panel when the tab is shown. Click on an icon on the left side of the panel to activate a tool. There are nine 3D tools available, which are described in the table below.

Name	Icon	Description
Overlay Manipulator	Open	Configure 3D view display overlays
Mesh Contour Editor	Open	Edit or create 3D objects manually by painting
One Click Object Creator		Create 3D mesh surfaces based on selected position within the volume
Mesh Creator		Create 3D mesh surfaces based on intensity level on the whole volume
Mesh Splitter		Cut 3D objects
Mesh Joiner		Merge selected 3D mesh surfaces
Neuron Composer		Edit or create neuron objects manually
3D Crop		Crop volumes in 3D
Volume Transformer		Manipulate 3D volumes and create new image files

Detailed descriptions on how to use each 3D tool can be found in their respective documentation.