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Inspection planes are the basis for performing persistent inspections of scans. Use the Inspection Plane tool to lock a 2D plane of data into its own Data Object for measurement and visualization. When working with a Reconstruction or ROI, Inspection Planes can be created from a Cardinal, Revolving, or Custom Slice Planes. When working with a Mesh or Mesh Compare Object, only Cardinal Slices can produce Inspection Planes.
Use the same steps to create Inspection Planes and take dimensions across Cardinal, Custom, and Revolving Slice Planes.

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Creating an Inspection Plane

  1. Select a Data Object (Reconstruction, ROI, Revolving / Custom Slice Plane, Mesh, or Mesh Compare) to dimension.
  2. Select any 2D view in the Viewport panel, or if using split-views, the left panel of the Viewport. This can be a Cardinal 2D slice axes, a Revolving Slice Plane, or Custom Slice Plane. A Revolving or Custom Slice Plane can also be selected directly from the Data Panel.
  3. Select a slice to produce an Inspection Plane of by dragging the slider at the bottom of the Viewport to the desired position, or by using the slider in the Attributes Panel.
  4. Select the Plane Tool to lock in the current plane for inspection and to generate a new Inspection Plane Data Object.
Custom Slice Plane Demo Once created, an Inspection Plane can be accessed by directly selecting it in the Data Panel, or by choosing it in the View dropdown at the top-right of the Viewport panel. Custom Slice Plane Demo

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Measurements

Inspection Planes enable taking 2D measurements on scan data. See the Measurement Tools article to learn about taking measurements on Inspection Planes.