NanoScope Data File Page0 { Line0 = Page 1 Line1 = Line2 = Click the left Line3 = button on the image Line4 = and drag the ref- Line5 = erence line paralel Line6 = to the step to be Line7 = measured. Click the Line8 = left button again, Line9 = the line will be Line10 = extended across the Line11 = image and a box will Line12 = be drawn centered on Line13 = the line. The data Line14 = inside the box will Line15 = be averaged parallel Line16 = to the reference Line17 = line, resulting in a Line18 = single line across Line19 = the step. Line20 = Line21 = Click the left Line22 = button on one of the Line23 = sides of the box and Line24 = drag the side to Line25 = change the size of Line26 = the box or click Line27 = inside the box to Line28 = move the box. Note Line29 = that each time the Line30 = box is resized or Line31 = moved, the step plot Line32 = is changed to Line33 = reflect the averaged Line34 = profile in the box. Line35 = Line36 = Try it now. Line37 = Line38 = When you finish, Line39 = click on 'next' Line40 = below to see the Line41 = next page of this Line42 = tutorial. } Page1 { Line0 = Page 2 Line1 = Line2 = On the step plot you Line3 = will see two sets Line4 = of cursors, one red, Line5 = one green. Inside Line6 = the box on the image Line7 = there are two red Line8 = and two green lines Line9 = corresponding to the Line10 = positions of the Line11 = cursors on the plot. Line12 = Line13 = The average of the Line14 = data between each Line15 = cursor pair is used Line16 = to measure or level Line17 = the step. Line18 = Line19 = Click the left Line20 = button on the arrow Line21 = part of a cursor to Line22 = position it. Once Line23 = the cursor pairs are Line24 = spaced as desired Line25 = they can be moved as Line26 = a unit by clicking Line27 = on one of them with Line28 = the right button. Line29 = Note that the 'Step Line30 = height' field is Line31 = updated as the Line32 = cursors are moved. Line33 = Line34 = Place the cursor Line35 = pairs on sections of Line36 = the plot that should Line37 = be horizontal, then Line38 = click on 'level'. Line39 = Line40 = Try leveling and Line41 = then click 'next'. } Page2 { Line0 = Page 3 Line1 = Line2 = The leveling process Line3 = uses the average Line4 = data values between Line5 = the cursors to com- Line6 = pute the slope of Line7 = the trace and then Line8 = removes the slope by Line9 = pivoting the trace Line10 = about the mid-point Line11 = of the red cursors. Line12 = Line13 = Notice that when the Line14 = level button was Line15 = clicked it's color Line16 = changed from red to Line17 = green. This means Line18 = the cursors are now Line19 = in interactive Line20 = leveling mode. Now Line21 = when moving a cursor Line22 = or cursor pair, the Line23 = trace is pivoted Line24 = about the mid-point Line25 = of the red pair. Line26 = Try it. Line27 = Line28 = To turn off inter- Line29 = active leveling, Line30 = click on 'measure'. Line31 = Now as the cursors Line32 = are moved only the Line33 = 'Step height' field Line34 = is updated. The Line35 = current mode of the Line36 = cursors is always Line37 = indicated by the Line38 = green button. Line39 = Line40 = The 'restore' button Line41 = is used to re-plot Line42 = the original trace. Line43 = Line44 = End of tutorial. }