OpenBridge Modeler

Place SupportLine Parallel tool

Used to place a supportline parallel to an existing supportline.

Found on the Home ribbon tab in the Support Line group.

To place a supportline parallel to an existing supportline:
  1. select the reference supportline
  2. specify the offset distance (defaults to the Offset setting value)
  3. select the side of the reference supportline

The skew and length of the reference supportline are copied to the new supportline.

Tool Settings

SettingDescription
Offset Type an offset distance between the reference supportline and the new, parallel supportline.
Feature group
SettingDescription
Feature Definition Select an existing feature definition from the drop-down list to use for object being placed.
Name Prefix Type a prefix value to use for all objects set using this Feature Definition, which are useful in quickly identifying features in a group.
Key-in: bmgeom supportline placeparallel
Parent topic: SupportLine
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