Hi all,
I am trying to achieve an extrusion or offset that I can extrude perpendicularly. I tried the offset command with the curves that I have but it doesn’t allow me to offset in Z direction but only in X, Y axis. I’ve tried making it into surface and doing a offsetsrf command but the edges get intersected making it have a jagged edge. Anyone have any suggestions how do go about doing this? I appreciate all kinds of suggestions and help. Happy Tuesday!
Z Direction_Offset.3dm (64.5 KB)
Hello- yeah, if I understand you, the problem is the edges of each face do not line up when offset normal -
I do not see a great way to handle this other than to change the input - the discrepancy will vary with the offset distance.
-Pascal
Thank you, is there an option in offset curve command where I can just move Z axis? Lastly, to your suggestion on changing the input, how would one change the input?
Hello - You can move or copy normal to the curve plane by setting a CPlane to the planar curve and copying vertical - you can macro this:
! _CPLane _Object _Copy _Vertical 0 _Pause _Enter _SelLast _Cplane _Undo
but I am not sure what to do about the intersections - there is no way those will line up
Does that make sense?
-Pascal
