Curve >> Tool >> Offset >> Search Rounded Region

• Curve >> Tool >> Offset >> Search Rounded Region command automatically creates the boundary curves of a rounding region by offsetting a curve which resides in the rounding region.

• If a user wants to create a surface in a rounding region, Curve >> Tool >> Offset >> Search Rounded Region command automatically finds the boundary curve of the rounding region.

Step   

Execute Curve >> Tool >> Offset >> Search Rounded Region command as follows:

1. Select Curve >> Tool >> Offset >> Search Rounded Region from the menu or click the corresponding icon from the Curve toolbar.

2. Left-click to select a curve to offset it.

3. The system shows a preview of the offset curve to be created and pops up the following dialog box.

Width weight in Options is a kind of weight factor for determining the offset distance.

Number of control points in Options is the number of control point of new curves.

Select Smoothing to create smooth curves.

Select Monotonic to ignore the complexity of the polygon on which new curves are located.

Both, Curve1, Curve2 in Apply to field are options for determining the curve to apply the above-mentioned options.

Click Preview to check the shape of curve to be created.

4. Press OK to complete this operation.

Result

• The offset curves are generated in both directions.

• The offset curves are registered to the Curves node of project tree window and the current layer of layer window.