offset emboss

[NX8-HELP] DESIGN FEATURE 1

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Offset Emboss Designed specifically for creating stiffening features in “body in white,” Offset Emboss produces

relatively simple linear embosses on sheet surfaces. You can create these emboss features rapidly and

predictably, but you don't have as many options as with the regular Emboss command.

Special connection rules ensure that all vertices of the pad are connected by sidewall faces to

corresponding vertices on the trimmed input sheet.

Where do I find it?

Choose Insert→Design Feature→Offset Emboss.

On the Feature toolbar, click Offset Emboss .



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.

1. Choose Insert→Design Feature→Offset Emboss, or click Offset Emboss on the Feature

toolbar.

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.

4. For Curve input:

o Select a curve as the Path to Follow.

o 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 30 mm wide at the base with a Side Offset of 5 mm is 20 mm wide at the top, as

shown in the following graphic.

o Supply values for Right Width and Left Width. You are specifying the extent of the

emboss at its base on either side of the Path. In the following figure, L = Left Width, R =



Right Width, and H = Height. (These parameters are displayed on the screen.) In this case,

each width is 15 mm and the height is 10 mm.

5. For Point input:

o Select an existing point, or create one with the Point Constructor.

o 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.

o Supply values for all four sides of the base of the Offset Emboss: left and right widths,

and top and bottom distances. In the following figure, L = Left Width, R = Right Width,

T = Top Distance and B = Bottom Distance. Each has a value of 15 mm.

Here is a preview of the result.

6. 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.



Offset Emboss options Type

Curve Lets you specify a type of emboss based on an input curve along which the feature is

created.

Point Lets you specify a type of emboss based on a point relative to which the dimensions of

the pad are measured.

Body to Offset

Select Body

Faces

Lets you select faces of the sheet body on which to create the Offset Emboss. This

must be a sheet, not solid, body.

Path

Path to Follow Lets you select a curve to serve as a path for the Curve-type feature.

Point on Path Lets you select a point to serve as the center of the Point-type feature.

Offsets

Side Offset Lets you specify an offset from the pad boundary to define the sidewall draft.

Height Lets you specify the distance to offset the input sheet to create the pad.

Reverse

Direction Reverses the direction of the Height offset.

Width

Right Width Lets you specify the width of the pad to the right of the curve or point.

Left Width Lets you specify the width of the pad to the left of the curve or point.

Distance (for Point-type only)

Top Distance Lets you specify the extent of the pad away and to the top of the reference point.

Bottom Distance

Lets you specify the extent of the pad away and to the bottom of the reference point.

In the following figure, the width and distance parameters are illustrated. R = Right, L

= Left, T = Top, B = Bottom. (These parameters are labeled in the graphics region.)

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