Cant Offset Curve in Y direction

Hello all,

For some reason I cant offset a planar curve that exists in the xz plane.

Any ideas? Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Michael Weizmann on October 16, 2016 at 3:21pm

How do we know it's a planar curve?

Permalink Reply by ShynnSup on October 16, 2016 at 6:55pm

Mmm check the def or check for planarity.

Permalink Reply by Michael Weizmann on October 16, 2016 at 10:58pm

Hint: you didn't internalize the curve

Permalink Reply by ShynnSup on October 17, 2016 at 7:19am

Ups my bad. There, fixed it. I cant do it with any curve though so any curve would do.

Permalink Reply by Michael Weizmann on October 17, 2016 at 9:01am

I don't remember the exact definition of 'Offset' now, but the main point is that it creates a new curve which is at a certain distance from base curve at any curve point and is created on the same plane with the base (planar)curve.

Here is an image of the result - the red curve is the proper result of Offset component. In case you were trying to create a curve similar to the blue one, you should just use 'Move' component (and not that the whole thing can be much more compact):