Inspection Planes

How to use inspection planes to dimension your scans.

Inspection planes are the basis for performing persistent inspections of your scans. 

How to make an inspection plane

1. Select the data object you would like to dimension.
   1. We currently support inspection functions on cardinal slices for both volumes and meshes.
   2. On meshes, we support mesh snapping to enable more precise dimensioning workflows. Visit the ISO-50 & Mesh Snapping article to learn more.

1. Change the viewport to one of the cardinal 2D slice axes, and find the slice you want to inspect by dragging the slider at the bottom of the viewport, or in the attributes panel of the object.
2. Click on the inspection plane button to create the new data object, locking that plane in for inspection.
   1. Note: If you are using split-views, the leftmost or main view will be the one that is used for this action.

Making an inspection plane. If the plane button is greyed out, revisit steps 1 &2.

Accessing or editing an inspection plane

There are two ways of accessing inspection planes.

Through the Data Panel

1. Expand the reconstruction or ROI object to see associated data.
2. Select the Inspection Plane data object

Through the View dropdown

1. All inspection planes are an option in the view dropdown.

There are two ways to find an inspection plane. In the data panel (in red) or view dropdown (yellow).

Dimensioning an inspection plane

1. Select an Inspection Plane into the main view
2. Use dimensioning tools to lay down persistent dimensions inside of the plane.
   1. Line - select two points to start and end the dimension, then click to drop the label.
   2. Circle - select three points to define the circle (all perimeter) and then click to drop the label.
   3. Angle - select four points, the first two clicks defining one line and then the next. Click to drop the label. The location of the label determines which angle is being measured.
3. Modify the labels as needed in the Attributes panel.