Offsetting the Skew Alignment The skew alignment can be offset in increments as small as one micron or 1/10,000 of an inch depending on the unit of measure being used. To offset the part skew alignment: 1 Select two positional features in the Feature List that will determine the skew offset. Make a note of the X and Y values of each feature. These features will be referred to as Feature #1 and Feature #2 in this procedure. During the procedure, the user will specify offsets from these two features to the skew axis. The system will then construct a line between the two features which will be used as the new part skew alignment.
Select feature #1 for offset alignment
Select feature #2 for offset alignment
2 Press the Offset Skew button of the Datum menu
Measure toolbar > Datum menu > Offset Skew button
3 Select an alignment axis from the Axis drop-down list. In the next step, offsets will be specified extending from the two features previously selected to this axis. In this example the X axis was selected. 4 Enter the desired skew offsets from Feature #1 and Feature #2 to the selected axis in the same order in which the features were selected. These offsets are the distances from the geometric centers of the features to the selected skew alignment axis. In this example, the X alignment axis was selected and the desired Y axis offset values would be entered into the Feature #1 and Feature #2 offset fields. 5 Press the Done button to complete the skew offset value entry. The system will proceed to the measure mode. Measure toolbar > Done button
Enter offset values from the skew axis
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