Right click / Edit menu

This menu provides elements to control

History
Porting items - cut, copy, paste, delete
Visibility, selection, alignment and motion
Working with items and their layers

Display properties
Advanced properties

History

If the history is activated, the "Undo" option reverts every action. In contrary, the "Redo" function recapitulates each reverted action until the origin status is reached.

Porting items

The "Cut" option copies and removes the currently selected items into the clipboard which only in this case can exclusively be accessed from dotCube. Use the "Paste" function to place the items from the clipboard onto the current tabulator page.

To copy without removing anything, use the "Copy" function.

"Delete" erases any selected item.

Visibility, selection, alignment and motion

Headline	Function	Description
Visibility and selection	Show	Selected items are set visible.
	Hide	Selected items are set invisible.
	Select all	Any item on any tab is selected.
	Deselect all	Any item on any tab is deselected.
	Toggle selection	Inverts the current selection.
Z order	Bring to front	The selected item is placed above any other selected one.
	Send to back	The selected item is placed under any other selected one.
	Stack under first item	The selected item is placed below the topmost selected one.
	Stack onto last item	The selected item is placed above the lowest selected one.
	Revert order	The item z order is put upside down.
Sort (z order)	By name	The selected items are sort in alphabetical order.
	By creation time	The selected items are sort in respect to their creation in dot cube.
	by number in name	Alphabetic characters are ignored. The selected items are sort in numerical order (e.g.: "img1" is placed above "img10").
Align	Top	Places any selected item to the y position of the topmost item.
	Right	Places any selected item to the x position of the rightmost item.
	Bottom	Places any selected item to the y position of the bottommost item.
	Left	Places any selected item to the x position of the leftmost item.
	Centered	Stacks every selected item in the center.
Move	Move one pixel up	Shifts selected items one pixel upwards.
	Move one pixel right	Shifts selected items one pixel rightwards.
	Move one pixel down	Shifts selected items one pixel downwards.
	Move one pixel left	Shifts selected items one pixel leftwards.
	Move eight pixels up	Shifts selected items eight pixels upwards.
	Move eight pixels right	Shifts selected items eight pixels rightwards.
	Move eight pixels down	Shifts selected items eight pixels downwards.
	Move eight pixels left	Shifts selected items eight pixels leftwards.
Zoom	Zoom in	Increases zoom by 10%.
	Zoom out	Decreases zoom by 10%.
	Reset zoom (100%)	Sets zoom to 100%.

Working with items and their layers

Each image contains four stacked layers: From bottom to top:

Z matrix layer - consists of your measurement data
Picture layer - implicates any drawing
Object layer - contains found objects
Selection / mask layer - implies selected pixels.

The layers contain different origins of ordinates:

origin of ordinates on the left top side: picture, object and selection layer
origin of ordinates on the left bottom side: z matrix layer.

The "Clear" function enables the user to erase anything of the picture, object or mask layer. For solely editing the

Z matrix layer, use the "Z matrix manipulation" tool,
Picture layer, use the draw options in the scientific tool bar or the "Edit object" tool,
Object layer, use the "Edit object" tool or the "Advanced Properties" menu in the right click or "Edit" menu,
Mask layer, use the "Edit object" tool or the selection section of the scientific tool bar.

The interplay between picture and z matrix layer is controlled by the "Z-Matrix" mapping functions. These functions enable you to map the picture data to the z matrix layer or map the z data to the picture layer.

To recalibrate the z matrix, use the "Recalibrate z matrix" function and define the calibration factors. You might revert the last calibration settings which are shown in the upper dialog section.

For changing the color gradient, select "color gradient". This dialog is explained in detail in the icon bar chapter.

"Duplicated items" copies and pastes the selected items.

"Move items to current tab" cuts the selected items and pastes them onto the current tab.

Display properties

See display properties in the icon bar chapter.

Advanced properties

See the advanced properties section in the icon bar chapter.