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Ryan’s MFP-3D Procedural Operation ‘Manualette’ Version 10 (v080501; Igor 6.04A); 14.2
▪ If in Contact mode, lower the Set Point voltage to a value more negative than the ‘free air’ deflection.
14.2: Saving Graphics:
First you must ‘Create a path’ in Igor: (see Figure 7.2.3 for more detailed description).
Go to Misc → New Path… ; create name, and then choose a path (the folder you are going to want stuff
dumped when you save it).
Bring the window you want to save an image of as the forward-most window.
Go to File → Save Graphics …: a dialogue appears offering choice of what kind of file you want to save
image as, actual dimensions & filename. Also, this is where to choose the path that was just created in the
‘path’ pull down menu. Otherwise, it gets dumped deep within the bowels of the Wavemetrics folder in the
program files. See Section 7.2 for a more complete description of this.
14.3: Exporting waves to .txt format:
-Create a place to dump the curves for them → i.e., create a Path in Igor- someplace that will show up in the
path box in the ‘Save Delimited Text’ dialogue box, described above.
Go to Misc → New Path .
Make Filename of your choice.
Click ‘Path’ → choose where you want to dump it;
Click ‘Do it’.
1) Exporting single waves-
Note: go to data folders → click review force curve checkbox.
Go to data → load waves → Igor binary: brings up browsing dialog.
Select the curve you want, then a new dialogue asking if you want to copy: Click the ‘OK’ button.
Go to Data → SaveWaves → Save delimited text.
Find wave name in Wave(s) menu & choose path in ‘Path’ box pull down; click the ‘Do It’ button.
Check to see if the wave is installed where asked to be (and if tab delimited) by going to the place where
you dumped it. Open it w/ Notepad to make sure it’s tab delimited
2) Exporting as Batch file:
The easiest way the author knows how to export as a Batch file is to use Chad Ray’s Force Volume Mapping
macro. The name of the program is Chad0. Contact support@asylumresearch.com for the package of .ipf files.
Ask for v060404.
It’s easy to install, just click on the executable file, tell it where to install (which Igor Pro Folder, if that applies)
and it installs the files where they need to be in the MFP-3D files to work.
Go to MFP controls → Force Mapping.