To Work With Assembly Offsets

An assembly with an offset is useful for a corridor section that has more than one definitive path, such as a highway with a service road on one or both sides. Create the offset by placing it a distance from the existing assembly baseline.

You then add subassemblies to the offset using the Subassembly Tool Palette.

The service road centerline(s) can be described by a specified offset line and offset point. The offset line is a vertical line that visually represents a secondary location that will follow an offset alignment when creating a corridor, and that subassemblies can attach to.

When assembly offsets are created, they are displayed on the Construction tab of the Assembly Properties dialog box. If desired, you can rename an offset on this tab by right-clicking the offset in the list, and selecting Rename.

To create an assembly offset

1. Click Home tabCreate Design panelAssembly drop-downAdd Assembly Offset Find.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click an assembly in the drawing.
   • Press Enter to select an assembly from a list.
3. Click an offset location in the drawing.

   The offset location is displayed in the drawing.

To remove an assembly offset

1. In the drawing area, select the assembly baseline from which you want to remove the offset.
2. Right-click and click Remove Offset.

If there are multiple offsets associated with the assembly, you are prompted to select an offset. If there is only one offset associated with the assembly, it is removed.