How to use LAS EZ

From desktop, select and double-click the icon 'LAS EZ'

Turn on the Leica stereomicroscope as shown

Place specimen on the glass plate as shown

Note that surface to be wear tested is to face upwards and be captured by the digital camera attached to the Leica stereomicroscope

The knob with a bigger diameter is generally referred to as the 'coarse' knob.

The coarse knob allows users to quickly adjust to a relatively clear view of the specimen surface

The smaller knob facilitates fine-tuning

The smaller knob allows users to fine-tune the specified view to an even clearer image

As shown is a blurred image

Adjust the Coarse knob to image shown

Fine-tune with the smaller knob

Once satisfied with captured image, click on 'Acquire Image' as shown

Select the magnification used

Under the 'Browse' tab, select the image that you've just acquired.

Next, proceed to click on the 'Process' tab

Within the 'Scale Bar' box highlighted,

Click on and tick the 'Show' box

Also, input 100 µm next to the 'User Length' box

Within the 'Actions' box highlighted,

Click 'Merge' to merge the scale bar created with the image acquired

Finally, right click on the acquired image and select "Copy Selected Images To"

Save file to wherever necessary