The user can create a surface geometry by the following procedure.
•Sheet, WithDialog
•Sheet: Selects a surface.
•WithDialog: After selecting a surface, Offset Surface dialog box is shown. The surface is created by clicking OK in the Offset Surface dialog box.
Figure 1 Offset Surface dialog box
o Entity Name: Shows the name of the selected entity.
o Color: Specifies the color of the surface to be created.
o Offset: Defines a distance from the selected surface.
o Preview: Previews the surface to be created on Working Window.
o Update: Updates the preview.
•WithDialog
•WithDialog: Offset dialog box is shown. The surface is created by clicking OK in the Offset dialog box.
Figure 2 Offset dialog box
o Color: Specifies the color of the surface to be created.
o Offset: Defines a distance from the selected surface.
o Add/Remove: Selects several faces of any geometries as the user wants to add or remove.
o Add/Remove (Continuous): When using Add/Remove, if this option is checked, the connected faces within the degrees are selected together.
o Tolerance (Degrees): The angle of between the connected two faces.
o Preview: Previews the surface to be created on Working Window.
o Update: Updates the preview.