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title: "Add the Slab"
slug: "add-the-slab"
updated: 2023-08-03T10:25:56Z
published: 2023-08-03T10:25:56Z
canonical: "docs.avontus.com/add-the-slab"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.avontus.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add the Slab

To add the Slab, you will join four Slab Edges together and put them in place around the structure.

To add the Slab:

1. Click the **Slab Edge** shape and drag it onto the drawing page.
2. Click the **Size and Position** button.  
The *Size and Position* popup appears.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/3bf1a0b8-e312-4e58-be31-146b86f9f18f.png)
3. Click in the length text field and enter 19 ft long, then make a copy of it.
4. Drag another Slab Edge onto the Drawing Page, then click and drag it so that is it vertical.
5. Use the *Size and Position* popup to make the Slab Edge 32 ft 6 in long, then make a copy of it
6. Glue the Slab Edges together so that they make a vertically aligned rectangle.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/145ccc8f-4fc0-4ba2-ad9e-71ea090afc8e.png)
7. Select the Slab Edge box and place it evenly around the structure.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/6ef69e3c-3db8-4e62-8b49-7033353b1894.png)   
You can now [draw the formwork](/v1/docs/draw-the-formwork).