To Offset a Segment Surface
1. Click > . 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
![](../../electrical_design/ecad/images/pfui_solid.png)
is selected.
4. Set the offset distance.
5. To flip the
![](../../electrical_design/ecad/images/rib_thick.png)
material thickness direction, click
![](../../electrical_design/ecad/images/flip_blue.png)
.
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
![](../../electrical_design/ecad/images/dash_done.png)
.