Amanda wrote:
We're having problems offsetting a spline. We've also drawn it as a polyline with curves and it still won't offset. That nifty offset in the pet palette doesn't come up with all of the tools unfortunately. Sometimes it just gives you the option to offset one side at a time. The only thing we've gotten to work is to explode the spline or polyline into arcs and offset each arc individually. This takes forever and is a little cumbersome because an arc offset seems to be by its radius so you have to know the starting radius and then add whatever you want to offset.
Has anyone been able to offset a spline or a curvy polyline?
I have no trouble offsetting a polyline. Select the polyline tool, select the offset button, and space bar click on the spline or polyline.
Remember that the distance you can offset the line will be constrained by the radius of the smallest arc.
The attached image shows a polyline offset to the left of a spline (left) and to the right off another polyline (right)
In the center is the strange result of offsetting a spline (red) to another spline.
