Propagate objects

About this task

Matte, measurements, ROIs, and annotation procedures all have propagation capability within the feature.

Use these steps to propagate objects across all or selected viewports.

Open the Viewer.
Generate a graphic.
Click the graphic (annotation box, matte, measurement, ROI, grid) you want to propagate to make it active (yellow).
To propagate the active graphic, follow these steps.
1. Click anywhere on the edge of a cyan (inactive) matte to make it yellow and active.
2. From the Display tab, click the Selected Object icon.
  
  Figure 1. Selected Object icon and panel on the Display tab
3. Make a propagation selection that populates the selected graphic to all or a range of images. Propagation also allows you to change W/L, pan, or zoom.
  - Select All images in series to change all images within the series when one image changes.
  - Select This image forward to only change the images with a larger number within the series.
  - Select Range and specify a range of slices to propagate the measurements.
4. Click Apply.
5. To erase propagated objects, click the Erase icon ( ) from the Select Object screen area or from the erase/hide feature.
Alternatively, place the cursor in the Command Line, and type one of the following commands.
Type prop a and press Enter to propagate the graphic across all viewports.