# Offset Surface

To produce an Offset Surface in the Main Menu select Operations - > Transformation - > Offset Surface

This operation translates each point of an Object (a set of Objects) along a local normal by a given Offset distance (signed number, negative value meaning inner offset). Offset operation is applicable to faces, shells and solids.

The Result will be a GEOM_Object

TUI Command: geompy.MakeOffset(Shape, Offset), where Shape is a shape which has to be an offset, Offset is a value of the offset.

Arguments: Name + Object (face, shell, solid, compound) + Offset value

Example:

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