# Problem offsetting a curve surface

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/problem-offsetting-a-curve-surface/193651>\
**Category:** Grasshopper\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/problem-offsetting-a-curve-surface/193651 "2024-10-24T02:12:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![alif\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alif_man/32/512711_2.png) [@alif\_man](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/alif_man)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/problem-offsetting-a-curve-surface/193651/1 "2024-10-24T02:12:27Z")

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![Screenshot 2024-10-24 100804](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/3/6/8/368562bfff16f35d56a65900cff11dce9bfd0d8a.jpeg)

What i intended to do is to offset this frame to have a degree of thickness, however the curve jus explodes  
[OFFSET PROBLEM.gh](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/oQ3Z6mhfMnL4qMFhO0WVlZRzqqq.gh) (14.7 KB)

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**Author:** ![jessesn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jessesn/32/763881_2.png) [@jessesn](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jessesn)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/problem-offsetting-a-curve-surface/193651/2 "2024-10-24T03:44:06Z")

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Just fyi,

 ![OFFSET PROBLEM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/c/c/9/cc9db4688fcff83b585c2cfa6fdd3ab26b036a24.png)  
[OFFSET PROBLEM.gh](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/ywSDSXoeWvMASZxXSLJaTWWolfZ.gh) (13.2 KB)

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**Author:** ![rajeev\_pulari](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/rajeev_pulari/32/604732_2.png) [@rajeev\_pulari](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/rajeev_pulari)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/problem-offsetting-a-curve-surface/193651/3 "2024-10-24T05:30:21Z")

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try using this component offset curve on surface

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/9/0/e/90eb39fb3d55afdc68f099880c4d58c7adfa0384.png)

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**Author:** ![Volker\_Rakow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/volker_rakow/32/758767_2.png) [@Volker\_Rakow](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Volker_Rakow)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/problem-offsetting-a-curve-surface/193651/4 "2024-10-24T10:53:21Z")

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Quad panels component requires a plug-in. Please internalize geometry in the surface container.

> [@alif\_man](#):
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> What i intended to do is to offset this frame to have a degree of thickness, however the curve jus explodes

Well, yeah. You are trying to offset the curves when what you want to do is offset the surfaces.