Offset on shape

 

 

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This command allows you to create the offset of a profile along a surface.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Click the icon or select the 3D sketch > Operations > Offset on shape... command from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Select the profile.

  2. Select the shape.

  3. Enter the plane's offset distance.

  4. Check Reverse or click the arrow, if necessary.

  5. Validate by clicking .

 

 

 

  • You can select profiles or profiles on path.

  • The distance indicated corresponds to the distance of the section from the selected profile to the calculated parallel profile.

  • The command can produce the parallel profile even if the carrier faces contain holes as long as the profile only affects one face.

 

 

 

The profile must be continuous in tangency.

 

 

 

 

  The Tolerance contextual command allows to modify this approximation.