To place a supportline parallel to an existing supportline, use the
following procedure.
You must have an existing supportline to
copy.
This tool creates a supportline parallel
to an existing supportline by a specified offset distance. The skew and length of the
existing supportline are copied.
Note: Using a skewed supportline will result in the new supportline
not being
centered on the alignment.
If a
supportline does not cross the active alignment, then it cannot be used
for most tools requiring supportline selection.
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Either:
On the
Home ribbon tab, select the
tool in the
SupportLine group
or
key in
bmgeom
supportline
placeparallel
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In the
Place SupportLine Parallel tool
settings dialog, type an
Offset distance.
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In the view window:
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Data point on an existing supportline to use as a reference.
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Data point on either side of the reference supportline to determine the
direction to copy.
If you did not specify an offset distance, the second data
will also determine the offset.
A new supportline is added parallel to the
reference supportline.
