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"offset“ not applicable to circle....

Anonymous
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Hello, I want to offset a circle (ora curve), but the reshape-offset or control-offset not affect it, very weird I cannot apply this basic function any shape....
Please advice, thanks
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Barry Kelly
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I assume that because it is a single arc, it is treated as an actual arc.
Arcs and circles do not have this offset edge option in the pet palette.
You can however use the offset tool.

See this post from just a little while ago.


https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=72001&p=322323#p322267


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Lingwisyer
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Select the edge of the arc, not the node?

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Anonymous
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Hello Lingwisyer,
I tried but can not.
when pline two curve it works, but just a single curve cannot....
Thanks
Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator
I assume that because it is a single arc, it is treated as an actual arc.
Arcs and circles do not have this offset edge option in the pet palette.
You can however use the offset tool.

See this post from just a little while ago.


https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=72001&p=322323#p322267


Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Anonymous
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OK Thanks Lingwisyer,