#### Measuring a Square Slot

| Use the Square Slot icon to create a measured square slot.
To create a measured square slot, you must take five hits on the slot, two on one of the long sides of the slot and then one hit on each of the three remaining sides. The hits must be taken in a strictly clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
Example Square Slot with Five Points in a Clockwise Direction You can also create measured slots from two points. This is useful when attempting to measure a slot with a probe whose sphere size is larger than the slot's diameter and therefore cannot fit entirely into the slot to take the usual minimum number of hits required for a measured slot. See the PC-DMIS Portable documentation where this is explained in greater detail.
See the "Basic Measurement Format for a Square Slot" topic for information on the associated Edit window command in the "Creating Measured Features" chapter.