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18.3.3 Creating a text comment table template
18.3.3.1 General
You can create a text comment table template in different ways:
Using FLIR Tools/Tools+, see section 18.3.3.2 Creating a table template using FLIR
Tools/Tools+, page 77.
Manually creating a text comment file (*.tcf), see section 18.3.3.3 Manually creating a
table template, page 77.
18.3.3.2 Creating a table template using FLIR Tools/Tools+
Note If your camera uses an SD card that has been used in another camera, FLIR
Tools/Tools+ cannot create proper templates for this camera. Please clear the SD card
entirely before using tables templates from FLIR Tools/Tools+.
18.3.3.2.1 General
In FLIR Tools/Tools+, you can create text annotation templates on the Templates tab.
These templates can either be transferred to the camera or used as a template during
post-analysis in the program.
18.3.3.2.2 Procedure
Follow this procedure:
1. Click the Templates tab.
2. Click the Add new text annotations template toolbar button.
3. Create a name for the template.
4. Enter the desired fields and values. See the image below for examples.
5. Save the template.
6. Do one of the following:
To use the template in the camera, connect a camera to FLIR Tools/Tools+ and
transfer the template to the camera.
To use the template during post-analysis in FLIR Tools/Tools+, double-click an im-
age, and then click Import from template under Text annotations in the right pane.
18.3.3.3 Manually creating a table template
18.3.3.3.1 General
A text comment file (*.tcf) is an annotation format that is proprietary to FLIR Systems. It
defines a table structure that can be used to add text table annotations to FLIR images.
You can create text comment files (*.tcf files) and use these files as table templates in
the camera.
The camera ships with an example text comment table file: example_text_comment.tcf.
The file is stored on the memory card in the subfolder \TextTableTemplates. You can
make a copy of the example file and modify it using a text editor such as Microsoft
Notepad.
When creating or modifying a text comment file, keep the following rules in mind:
1. Lines starting with “#” are regarded as comments and will be ignored.
#T810253; r. AA/42549/42549; en-US
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