Creating a Rolling Offset

You can create a rolling curve at a required offset distance from a reference curve.

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing curves.

  1. Click Rolling Offset in the Wireframe toolbar (Curves Offset sub-toolbar).

    The Rolling Offset Definition dialog box appears.



  2. In the Curves box, select the reference to be offset.

    You can select several curves to be offset by clicking .

  3. In the Support box, select the support element.

    Here we selected the xy plane.



  4. In the Offset box, type the value or use the arrow to change the value.

    Here we entered 5mm as the offset value.

  5. Click Preview to see the offset curve.



  6. Click OK.

    The curve (identified as Rolling offset.xxx) is added to the specification tree.