I see these sort of contours with markings in publications, and wanted to know how I can take my contours and markings (DAT files) from Stereoinvestigator/Neurolucida and turn them into images?
.Dat file can be tricky to open, especially when you trying to convert the data into graphic illustration. If I understand correctly, you would like to use the .Dat file to generate the contours of the object into line (Vector based illustration).
Can you share a sample file (without essential data of course)
Do you work on a mac or windows system?
I might be able to help, but to test it, I'll need a sample file.