# Find Edge

The Find Edge tool allows you to determine the presence or absence of a linear edge. The Find Edge tool is able to identify linear edges much quicker than a Find Pattern tool.

To add the Find Edge tool to your job:

1. Open the Inspect tool palette, expand the Presence/Absence tool group, and select the Find Edge tool.

2. The tool automatically finds edges on your image, and highlights them in cyan on the acquisition Acquisition is the process or result of the vision system acquiring a new image. display screen. Click on a highlight to select it as the edge you want the tool to find.
3. Click OK.

To adjust the edge settings:

Use the Polarity setting to change the direction of edge finding between dark and light areas. The available options:

- black-to-white

- white-to-black

- either (default)

Adjust the Accept Threshold to change the acceptance threshold for finding features in your images, such as patterns, circles, and edges.

- Decrease the threshold to accept both strong matches and weaker matches.

- Raise the threshold to only accept stronger matches and ignore weaker matches.

To adjust the Accept Threshold:

- Use the slider.

- Or enter a numerical value into the box.

You can also enable advanced tool settings if your job A job is a user-configured program in Spreadsheet consisting of functions and designed for specific applications. You can create and edit jobs using the Spreadsheet interface, and load them on a vision system for deployment in a live environment. requires more complex configuration. For more information on the advanced tool settings that are available, see Advanced Tool Settings.