This section describes the tools that you can use to create a datum axis. The following methods are covered:

• “Creating a datum axis along a principal axis,” Section 62.7.1

• “Creating a datum axis along the intersection of two planes,” Section 62.7.2

• “Creating a datum axis along a straight edge,” Section 62.7.3

• “Creating a datum axis through two points,” Section 62.7.4

• “Creating a datum axis along the axis of a cylinder,” Section 62.7.5

• “Creating a datum axis normal to a plane and passing through a point,” Section 62.7.6

• “Creating a datum axis parallel to a line and passing through a point,” Section 62.7.7

• “Creating a datum axis running along the axis of a circle defined by three points,” Section 62.7.8

• “Creating a datum axis by rotating an existing edge through a specified angle,” Section 62.7.9