20th September 2006, 06:08 AM | #1 |
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Parallel polylines
It would be very nice to have such a feature : given a 2D polyline or a polygon (all vertices in a poly being co-planar), create a new polyline at a given distance of and parallel to the original polyline or to the polygon's outline.
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23rd September 2006, 09:19 PM | #2 |
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Re: Parallel polylines
i don't quite understand you that much, but I believe you can solve this by copying and pasting the planes, than holding ctr while moving it, this will make you drag it in a straight line
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23rd September 2006, 10:06 PM | #3 |
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Re: Parallel polylines
Try this...
Draw your polyline or polygon. Press the Dup (duplicate) button at the top of the main window. Enter 2 in the X entry box under the Move heading on the left control area. (That should get you pretty close to a 1 block shift of the object you duplicated.) |
26th September 2006, 12:57 PM | #4 |
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Re: Parallel polylines
Certainly, but what I need is a homotethia (by the way, is this the correct word in English?) as in AutoCAD LT or in TurboCAD, for instance.
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Re: Parallel polylines
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I'm not sure but I think you're looking to be able to move a (duplicated) surface along its normal vector ... ?
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27th September 2006, 05:03 AM | #6 |
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Re: Parallel polylines
No, this I can do (I think). I am quite specific: what I am looking for is an homothety.
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