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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Validating Electrodes</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">This section takes you step-by-step through the procedures to validate that your electrodes are free of interferences and other errors. For more information, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nxelectrode_design/index.html?goto=nxelectrode_design/nx_electrode_overview_interference.html&amp;vars=-aux,-home','link','menubar=no,status=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,directories=no,height=600,width=500,left=100,top=100');return(false);">Electrode Checking Overview</a>. In this task, you evaluate the slot stub electrode for interferences and touch instances.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Checking</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Select Electrode </b><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_d_interfere_selelec.gif" border="0">.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">On the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Checking</b> dialog box, choose <b class="uiTerm">Touch Area Calculation</b>.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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      <p class="para_topic">In the graphics window, <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Design</b> highlights the location of any touch or interference instances, automatically generates a detailed report, and displayed it in the <b class="uiTerm"> Information</b> window.
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      <p class="para_topic">Depending on how you created your electrodes, the report may contain descriptions of touch points, interferences, or both. The report shows you the status of these instances and the orientation and location of the electrode relative to the MSET CSYS. For touch status, the report describes the touch area, the projection area to the WCS, and the depth of the sparking area.<b class="uiTerm"> Electrode Design</b> saves the validation report data and stores it in the electrode assembly as part attributes.
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         <p class="para_action1"><img src="../graphics/actarrow.gif">To get a better view of the error, on the <b class="uiTerm">Electrode Checking</b> dialog box, move the translucency slider to make the surrounding geometry transparent.
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