## Using the Icons

The following icons appear in the groups in the VW Measuring Principles dialog box. The icons that appear depend on the feature you are creating.

### CAD Selection Group

Item | Description
| Snap to CAD Grid icon: Snaps the point to the nearest grid intersection. You can use the snap to grid functionality even when the 3D grid is not showing.
| Apply changes icon: Applies your changes and refreshes the values.
| Flip Surface vector icon: Reverses the direction of the surface vectors, causing the vector arrows to point in the opposite direction.
| Flip Edge vector icon: Reverses the direction of the edge vectors.
| Get CAD point from last feature icon: Copies the Feature definition settings from the last feature that you created. Note: If your part program does not contain any features, a message appears and indicates that no features exist in the part program.
| Select feature to get CAD point icon: Copies the feature definition settings from an existing feature. When you click the icon, the Feature Selection dialog box appears and displays the ID of each feature in your part program. Following is an example of the dialog box for the AA feature for the Point measuring principle:

Select the ID with the settings you want to copy, and then click the OK button. To close the dialog box without copying any settings, click the Cancel button.

Note: If your part program does not contain any features, a message appears and indicates that no features exist in the part program.

For more information about feature definition settings and the feature ID, refer to the appropriate help topic:

- Completing the Feature Definition Group for a Point Feature

- Completing the Feature Definition Group for a Contour Feature

- Completing the Feature Definition Group for a Hole Feature

### General Feature Parameters Group

Item | Description
| Apply changes icon: Applies your changes and refreshes the values.
| Show Path Lines icon: Displays the path lines your probe will take on the part while the probe measures marked features. These lines are called path likes. Path lines will help you preview the path your probe will take and troubleshoot possible collision areas.
| Reset values by measurement principles icon: Resets shank measurement options to the default values.

### Feature Definition Group

Item | Description
| Flip report vector or Flip RT Vector icon: Inverts the report (RT) vector.
| Reset report vector or Reset RT Vector icon: Resets the report (RT) vector.
| Normalize report vector or Normalize RT Vector icon: Normalizes the report (RT) vector to 1.