Surface Tools > Offset Surface
Surface > Offset Surface
Copies a surface so that locations on the copied surface are the same specified distance from the original surface.
Steps:
Options
FlipAll
Flips the offset direction of all selected surfaces. Arrows indicate the positive offset direction.
Solid
Makes a closed solid from the input and offset surfaces by lofting a ruled surface between all of the matching edges.
Loose
The resulting surface point structure is identical to the original surface.
Tolerance
Sets the tolerance for the offset surface. Type 0 to use the default tolerance.
Notes
Positive values offset in the direction the arrows. Negative values offset the other way.
When a plane, torus, sphere, open cylinder, or open cone surface is offset, the resulting surface is exact. Freeform surfaces are offset to within the value of the Tolerance option.
When offsetting surfaces are joined that are part of a polysurface, there is no guarantee that the offset surfaces will also join into another polysurface. For example, offsetting the six sides of a box will not result in a larger closed box. It will return six separate surfaces with gaps between the edges.
The OffsetSrf command does not maintain the overall structure of the starting polysurface in the offsets. Each surface offsets as an individual object.
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Surface Tools > Offset Surface
Surface > Offset Surface |
Copies a surface so that all locations at the corners of the copied surface are specified distances from the original surface.
Steps:
Select a surface.
Select edge points and adjust the height.
Options
Tolerance
Sets the tolerance for the command.
Flip
Flip the surface normal direction. This causes the offset to appear on the opposite side of the surface.
SetAll
Sets all distances to the same value.
LinkHandles
Causes all adjustment handles to move at once.
AddHandle
Adds an adjustment handle.
SideTangency
Maintains the tangency direction of the original surface at an edge.
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Surface Tools > Variable offset of surface
Surface > Variable Offset Surface |
Copies a mesh so that all vertices on the copied mesh are a specified distance from the original mesh vertices.
Steps:
Select meshes.
Options
Offset distance
Sets the distance or thickness.
Increment
The value by which the Offset distance edit box is increased or decreased with the spinner controls.
Solidify
Caps the space between the original and new mesh to create a closed mesh.
Delete input meshes
Deletes the original mesh.
FlipAll
Flips the offset direction of the mesh.
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Mesh Tools > Offset mesh
Mesh > Offset Mesh |
