Create an Offset Emboss

This command offsets a point or a curve to produce a pad, which is then connected to the input sheet by sidewalls that may be drafted.

To create an Offset Emboss, you need a sheet body (not a solid body) on which to create it, and either a point or a curve on the surface of the sheet body.

Procedure

1. Choose Home tab → Base group → Offset Emboss.
2. In the Offset Emboss dialog box, select Curve or Point from the Type list. Select Body Faces is active.
3. Select the sheet body you want to create the emboss on.

For Curve input:

• Select a curve as the Path to Follow.
• Supply a Height and a Side Offset. The Side Offset is a dimension that is used to taper the walls. A Side Offset of 0 (zero) makes the walls perpendicular. Any Side Offset larger than that reduces the size of the top of the emboss by that amount on each side of the Path. It behaves like a draft except that you specify an offset rather than an angle. For example, an emboss with a width of 15 mm and height of 10 mm.

For Point input:

• Select an existing point, or create one with the Point Constructor.
• Supply a Height and a Side Offset. The side offset reduces the size of the top of the emboss by that amount on each of the four sides of the point. It behaves like a draft except that you specify an offset rather than an angle. For example, an emboss 30 mm by 30 mm at the base with a Side Offset of 5 mm is 20 mm by 20 mm at the top.
• Supply values for all four sides of the base of the Offset Emboss: left and right widths, and top and bottom distances (L = Left Width, R = Right Width, T = Top Distance, B = Bottom Distance).

4. Click OK or Apply to complete the feature.

Note: There is a very complex method for determining how "right" and "left," and "top" and "bottom" are defined within the command. It is probably easier to use an iterative process of entering values for the various parameters, viewing the preview, then changing the values until you get the result that you want.

Learn more

• Offset Emboss

Look up more details

• Offset Emboss options

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