Creating a slot

Slots are 2D pieces of geometry so they need to be associated with, or referenced to, a plane. To measure a slot, you must probe a minimum of six points.

To create a slot:

1. To enable 2D feature picking, right-click the background of the CAD view, and select Wireframe from the context menu.
2. In the CAD view, move the cursor over the slot to be measured. For example:

   

3. When the slot is highlighted, click the left mouse button to select it.

   The slot's details are displayed in the Geometry Explorer tab.

4. In the Geometry Explorer tab, select New Probed Plane from the Linked to list.

   This creates a new reference plane for the slot.

   

5. Click Accept .

   The slot and the plane are added to the inspection sequence.

6. In the Sequence Tree, double-click the Slot 1 icon to display the item's details and to check that the new probed plane is shown in the Reference Plane list.

   

7. Click Cancel to close the dialog.

   In the inspection sequence, the link symbol is shown on the Plane 2 item. This indicates that the plane is referenced by other items in the sequence.

8. Click Up to close the geometric group.