Tecnai on-line help manual -- Options - UT Southwestern

<strong>Tecnai</strong> on-line help Options 104Options Software version 27.9 k-Space Control Control PanelThe k-Space Control Control Panel contains two sets of functionsfor k-Space Control :• Functions that load the k-Space Control Display window (aseparate window that is typically positioned in the data spaceof the <strong>Tecnai</strong> User Interface) or determine its size.• Functions that control k-Space Control.DisplayThe k-Space Control Display window is only loaded on operator request. To load it press the Displaybutton. Once the server is running, the window will be displayed, and the Display button will turn yellow.You are now ready to start working with k-Space Control.If the Display button is pressed again, the Display window will disappear. It is, however, not unloaded butsimply hidden. If you display it again (by once more pressing the button), it will still have kept all the k-Space Control settings as set previously. The window is only unloaded when you close the <strong>Tecnai</strong> UserInterface.SizeableWhen this option is checked, the Display window can be positioned anywhere you like (the software willremember your settings and restore them) and you can define its size in the standard Windows way(click and drag on a border). If the option is off, the Display window will be fixed in size and position to fillthe data space of the <strong>Tecnai</strong> User Interface.The following controls will remain disabled until a crystal structure has been defined through New on theCrystal tab of the flap-out.Stage toWhen Stage to is pressed, the CompuStage will be tilted to the currently active orientation on the k-Space Control display. If the orientation entered is out of reach for the stage tilts, the Stage to button willbe disabled. The function is enabled once the orientation of a crystal has been determined.ZoneIn the Zone edit control the crystallographic notation of a zone axis can be entered. Individual indicescannot exceed a single character (so the 1001 for ten-zero-one is not allowed). Negative indices areentered using the special keyboard keys.Tilt toWhen Tilt to is pressed, the stereographic projection is tilted to the zone axis indicated in the Zone editcontrol. There are no limitations imposed on the tilting. The tilt applies only to the display, not to thestage. The function is enabled once the orientation of a crystal has been determined.