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<h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><img src="image37.gif" width="24px" height="22px" border="0" class="img_whs1"></font></span>Offset Surface</h1>

<p class="whs2"><b style="font-weight: normal;">T</b>o produce 
 an <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Offset Surface</B></span> in the Main 
 Menu select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Operations - &gt; Transformation 
 - &gt;</B></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Offset Surface</B></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="whs2">This operation<span style="font-weight: bold;"> 
 <B></B></span>translates each point of an<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> Object</B></span> 
 (a set of Objects) along a local normal by a given <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Offset</B></span> 
 distance (signed number, negative value meaning inner offset). <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Offset</B></span> 
 operation is applicable to faces, shells and solids.</p>

<p class="whs2"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The</span> 
 Result <span style="font-weight: normal;">will be a</span></b> GEOM_Object 
 </p>

<p class="whs2"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>T</B></span>UI 
 Command: </b><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>geompy.MakeOffset(Shape, 
 Offset)</I></span>, where Shape is a shape which has to be an offset, Offset 
 is a value of the offset.</p>

<p class="whs2"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Arguments: </b><span 
 style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;">Name + Object (face, shell, solid, compound) 
 + Offset value </font></span></p>

<p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="whs3"><img src="pics/transformation11.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="312px" height="315px" border="0" class="img_whs4"></p>

<p class="whs2">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="whs5">Example:</p>

<p class="whs6"><img src="pics/offsetsn.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="235px" height="236px" border="0" class="img_whs7"></p>

<p class="whs6">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="whs8">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span 
 style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;">Our </font></span><span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>TUI Scripts</B></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"> 
 provide you with useful examples of the use of <a href="transformation_operations.htm#bookmark7">Transformation 
 Operations</a>. </font></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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