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Chapter 3 Probes
Worm probe
The worm probe is used to measure regular and irregular features, totally in-
cluded within the field of view or extending beyond the field of view. The worm
tool can be used to measure points, lines, arcs, circles and profiles.
Selecting the worm probe
The worm probe is selected by clicking Worm in the VED Probes menu, or by
clicking the Worm probe icon of the VED toolbar.
Create the worm probe using the New VED Probe
The worm probe can be created by double-clicking and dragging the New VED
Probe cursor icon in the desired scan direction.
Creating the worm probe across a light-to-dark or dark-to-light boundary auto-
matically orients to scan across the boundary properly, as shown below.
Select the New VED Probe...
double-click and...
drag the probe cursor in the
desired scan direction
Double-clicking the
New VED Probe...
and dragging it
across a bounary...
correctly orients the
Worm probe