#### Description:

This attribute controls how a Frame behaves when it is used (by astFindFrame) as a template to match another (target) Frame. It specifies the minimum number of axes that the target Frame may have in order to match the template.

Normally, this value will equal the number of Frame axes, so that a template Frame will only match another Frame with the same number of axes as itself. By setting a different value, however, the matching process may be used to identify Frames with specified numbers of axes.

Type:

  Integer.

#### Applicability

##### Frame

The default MinAxes value for a Frame is equal to the number of Frame axes (Naxes attribute).

##### CmpFrame

The MinAxes attribute of a CmpFrame defaults to zero. Combined with the MaxAxes default of 1000000 (for a CmpFrame), this means that the default behaviour for a CmpFrame is to match any target Frame that consists of a subset of the axes in the template CmpFrame. To change this so that a CmpFrame will only match Frames that have the same number of axes, you should set the CmpFrame MinAxes and MaxAxes attributes to the number of axes in the CmpFrame.

##### FrameSet

The MinAxes attribute of a FrameSet is the same as that of its current Frame (as specified by the Current attribute).

#### Notes:

- When setting a MinAxes value, the value of the MaxAxes attribute may also be silently changed so that it remains consistent with (i.e. is not less than) the new value. The default MinAxes value may also be reduced to remain consistent with the MaxAxes value.

- If a template Frame is used to match a target with a different number of axes, the MatchEnd attribute of the template is used to determine how the individual axes of each Frame should match.

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