This task shows you how to create
an offset connection between two segments. Creating this connection makes a
master-slave relationship between the two and maintains a fixed distance
between them.
If you create the connection only
between two segments, the two will maintain the offset if you move one. But
other segments of the slave routable may change in length to allow the
offset to be maintained between the two segments that have a connection. If
you do not want this to happen you can create a connection between the
other segments too.
1.
Click the
Create an offset segment connection
button
. The Run dialog box displays.
2.
Select the segment you
want to be the slave. The first segment you select becomes the slave,
while the second becomes the master.
3.
Select the second
segment. The compass displays and you can see a connector line between the
two.
4.
Enter the offset distance and select your
offset between
options in the Run box. You can choose
to have the offset connection between the:
Outside edge to
outside edge
Centerline to
centerline
Outside edge to
centerline
5.
To create a connection between other segments
of the same two routables select other segments in the same sequence given
above.
6.
Click OK.
The connections will be created.
7.
To modify the connection, select the slave
run, click the Create offset segment connection
button,
select the slave segment and enter your changes.
8.
To delete offset connections select the slave
routable, right click, then click on the line corresponding to the
routable and click Delete offset connections.
All connections between the two routables will be deleted.
. The Run dialog box displays.
