To Offset a Segment Surface
1. Click
Model >
Offset. The
Offset tab opens.
2. Select a quilt or surface as a reference for the offset.
|  Alternatively, you can first select the geometry and then click Offset. |
3. Make sure that
is selected.
4. Set the offset distance.
5. To flip the
material thickness direction, click
.
6. Click Options. The Options tab opens. Perform any of the following operations:
◦ Click the Special Handling collector and select one or more surfaces to exclude.
For more information about excluding surfaces, search the Help Center.
◦ Click Add bends on sharp edges to round sharp edges when the sketch includes nontangent geometry. Set the value of the radius and the location for dimensioning the radius.
◦ Click Merge to model to merge the segment with intersecting segments.
To keep the new segment edges from merging with existing intersecting segments, click Keep merged edges.
8. Click
.