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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 InsertDesign FeatureOffset Emboss. On the Feature toolbar, click Offset Emboss .

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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 InsertDesign FeatureOffset 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.

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.

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 =

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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.

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Offset Emboss options

Type Curve Point Body to Offset Select Body Faces Path Path to Follow Point on Path Offsets Side Offset Height Reverse Reverses the direction of the Height offset. Direction Width Right Width Left Width Lets you specify the width of the pad to the right of the curve or point. Lets you specify the width of the pad to the left of the curve or point. Lets you specify an offset from the pad boundary to define the sidewall draft. Lets you specify the distance to offset the input sheet to create the pad. Lets you select a curve to serve as a path for the Curve-type feature. Lets you select a point to serve as the center of the Point-type feature. Lets you select faces of the sheet body on which to create the Offset Emboss. This must be a sheet, not solid, body. Lets you specify a type of emboss based on an input curve along which the feature is created. Lets you specify a type of emboss based on a point relative to which the dimensions of the pad are measured.

Distance (for Point-type only) Top Distance Lets you specify the extent of the pad away and to the top of the reference point. 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.)

Bottom Distance

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