The “Add A Piece” Wizard

The Add A Piece module allows pieces to be added to a mask.

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This diagram shows a spot that was added to the land of a non-reflective disk.

Getting Started:

Right click on the object you wish to add a mask to. The object can be a target, source, detector, or any object using the 2D viewer. Click edit to bring up the properties editor. Choose “Add A Piece” from Menu Items and click go.

Choosing a piece to add:

There are 3 ways to add a piece:

  1. Importing a bmp or mat file. The Add A Piece wizard supports the importation of 256 color BITMAP’s and Matlab “MAT” files. BITMAPS can be created by a BITMAP drawing program, such as Paint Brush. MAT files can be generated in MATLAB using the save command.
  2. Creating a custom pattern. The Custom Pattern Generator allows you to create gaus, supergaus, hermite, and exponential patterns and even choose a different pattern for each axis
  3. Choosing a catalog pattern. Several pre-made patterns are available to choose from, such as data mark, circle, HF data pattern, LF data pattern.