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      </table><br><pre class="indent">Unable to find the attributes of the SMSlot.</pre><p class="para_topic">This error is returned from the <b class="uiTerm">Slot's</b> Open C and C++ API routine UF_MODL_ask_smSlot. You'll get this error if the routine is unable to find the parameter data for the <b class="uiTerm">Slot</b> feature about which you are asking. This could mean that the tag given to the routine is invalid or does not point to a <b class="uiTerm">Slot</b> feature.
      </p><pre class="indent">Invalid Slot type.</pre><p class="para_topic">This error is returned from the <b class="uiTerm">Slot's</b> Open C and C++ API routines UF_MODL_create_smSlot and UF_MODL_edit_smSlot. You'll get this error if you have supplied these routines with a slot type that is not <b class="uiTerm">Punch</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Through</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Depth</b>.
      </p><pre class="indent">Invalid Slot direction method.</pre><p class="para_topic">This error is returned from the slot's Open C and C++ API routines UF_MODL_create_smSlot and UF_MODL_edit_smSlot. You will get this error if you have supplied these routines with a slot direction method that is not <b class="uiTerm">Face Normal</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Along Vector</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Along Datum Axis</b>.
      </p><pre class="indent">Could not compute origin.</pre><p class="para_topic">This error is returned from the <b class="uiTerm">Slot's</b> Open C and C++ API routines UF_MODL_create_smSlot and UF_MODL_edit_smSlot. You will get this error if the offset edges you have supplied for the slot do not intersect using the offset distances.
      </p><pre class="indent">Unable to build sheet body.</pre><p class="para_topic">When the slot is created on a non&ndash;planar face or when the model is in a state other than that in which the slot was created, it builds a sheet body. This error means that it was unable to build that sheet body between the top and bottom edges of the slot. It can also mean that the sheet body failed to pass a Parasolid body check. You can look at the NX Log File to see if there is a more detailed error message(s) recorded.</p><pre class="indent">Unable to build SMSlot tool body.</pre><p class="para_topic">This message means that there was a serious error encountered while trying to build the solid tool body of the slot. Usually, this means that the tool body failed to pass a Parasolid body check. Rarely, if ever, will you see this message.</p><pre class="indent">Unable to infer the thickness of the material.</pre><p class="para_topic">The target solid body must be of uniform thickness. This message will also be displayed if the slot found a hole in a side face. A hole in a side face makes the material thickness different from the sot's perspective.</p><pre class="indent">Referenced face tag is no longer valid.</pre><p class="para_topic">This usually indicates a more serious problem with the <b class="uiTerm">Slot</b> feature. The slot references the placement face, any top face adjacent to the placement face that the slot touches and any bottom face that the bottom of the slot touches. One of these faces cannot be resolved anymore.
      </p><pre class="indent">Referenced edge tag is no longer valid.</pre><p class="para_topic">This usually indicates a more serious problem with the <b class="uiTerm">Slot</b> feature. The slotreferences the two offset edges when the <b class="uiTerm">Edge Offsets</b> method is used. One of these edges can't be resolved anymore.
      </p><pre class="indent">Copy of SMSlot feature failed.</pre><p class="para_topic">You will only get this message if there was a serious problem trying to copy a slot using <b class="uiTerm">Edit&rarr;Copy Feature</b>. Rarely, if ever, will you see this message.
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