offsetCurve

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Create a new curve which is an offset of an existing curve. The 'distance' attribute defines how far the offset curve should be from the original curve, and the 'tolerance' attribute sets the accuracy required. 'subdivisionDensity' defines how many times the offset curve spans can be subdivided in order to match the required tolerance. If there are sharp corners on the original curve, the offset curve may break into separate sections at these points. The attribute 'connectBreaks' can be set to ensure such breaks are filled, either with a linear or a circular curve section. In some cases the offset curve may contain a loop. The attribute 'cutLoop' can be set to cut off such loops, and, if this attribute is set, an additional attribute 'cutRadius' can be set to round off the resulting corner. 'useGivenNormal' defines whether a user-defined normal is or the normal to the curve is used.

Related nodes

makeTextCurves, hardenPoint, filletCurve, alignCurve, closeCurve, smoothCurve

Attributes (17)

connectBreaks, cutLoop, cutRadius, distance, inputCurve, normal, normalX, normalY, normalZ, outputCurve, parameter, reparameterize, stitch, subdivisionDensity, tolerance, useGivenNormal, useParameter

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
inputCurve (ic)	nurbsCurve	NULL
The input curve
connectBreaks (cb)	enum	2
Connect breaks method (between gaps): 0 - off, 1 - circular, 2 - linear
reparameterize (rp)	bool	false
Do reparameterization? Not advisable to change this value.
stitch (st)	bool	true
Stitch curve segments together. Not advisable to change this value.
cutLoop (cl)	bool	false
Do loop cutting?
cutRadius (cr)	distance (double)	0.0cm
Loop cut radius. Only used if cutLoop attribute is set true.
distance (d)	distance (double)	1.0cm
Offset distance
tolerance (tol)	distance (double)	0.01cm
Tolerance
subdivisionDensity (sd)	integer	5
Maximum subdivision density per span
useGivenNormal (ugn)	bool	1
Use the given normal (or, alternativelly, geometry normal)
normal (nr)	double3
Offset plane normal
normalX (nrx) distance (double) 0.0cm X of the normal
normalY (nry) distance (double) 1.0cm Y of the normal
normalZ (nrz) distance (double) 0.0cm Z of the normal
parameter (p)	double	0.0
parameter value on the curve to use while drawing manipulator on offset history
useParameter (up)	bool	false
use parameter value on the curve while drawing manipulator on offset history
outputCurve (oc)	nurbsCurve	NULL
Output curves