PANEL PRO
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Offsets:
Using the offset command is very useful to make construction lines for precision location
referencing another entity.
Items to remember about the offset command:
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The offset entity will reside on the current layer using the current color.
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Offsets drawn directly on an inserted instrument or panel or other group becomes
part of that group. It is often useful to draw construction lines base on panel
edges. The best practice is to draw a line from 0,0 to say 0,15 for a vertical
reference. Use a color different from your panel drawing to help differentiate it,
and make it long enough so that it can be selected without selecting the underlying
panel. You can draw lines based on snaps (F5 end point, F3 midpoint etc) to use
as temporary lines to offset from.
For instance, you have an existing panel and need to position a ATI3 instrument in the
same place as the original. Make a line from the left edge of the panel extending
upwards (ortho on). Make another line starting at the end of (F5) one of the drawing
entities from the lower edge of the panel you will be measuring from and extend it left
or right (ortho on).
Now measure from the left edge of the original panel to the left side of the opening of
the ATI hole you want to copy. Using the offset command (color and layer don’t
matter, it will be erased) offset the line you drew by the amount you measured.
