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The Full setting is commonly used for everyday imaging. However, the Offset setting can be useful
when a first order planefit would negatively affect the measurement of interest. This can be
demonstrated in the example below. If the measurement of interest is the height of the step, then
setting the Offline Planefit to Full will result in the tilting of the data. However, if the Offline
Planefit is set to Offset, then a planefit is not applied and the step orientation is not altered. If the
Full setting were applied, a first order planefit could be applied in the Offline software to reoriented
the features without negatively affecting the measurement.
Figure 16.4a
Step Measurement Demonstrating the Effect of the Offline Planefit Parameter.
Offline Planefit
set to Full
Offline Planefit set
to Offset