Offset
5 min
the offset feature allows you to offset the surface of a boundary mesh directly in the software at a specified distance strut placement relative to boundary mesh offset gives you control over the placement of generated struts relative to the boundary mesh surface the following examples show a few options of how the offset feature can be used standard strut placement struts within boundary half of strut falls outside of boundary mesh surface, half withinnegative offset distance 1/2 strut diameter surface struts outside boundary extruded struts flush with boundary positive offset distance 1/2 strut diameterusing trim with extrude, extrude distance matches negative inset distance offset workflow video text click offset enter offset parameters • select the mesh to offset (usually the imported stl) • enter the offset distance use a negative number to inset generate the offset mesh • the offset can be viewed in a clip plane view move the offset operation to the top adjust the strut lattice • use the new offset mesh as the boundary mesh generate the adjusted lattice adjust mesh visibility and zoom in to see the lattice generated around the new offset mesh