Offset Poly
Shrink or grow a polygon inside or outside the initiating shape with offset poly.
How to:
- Draw a Line, Rectangle or Polygon
- Click “Open flow builder”
- Select offset polygon
- Edit the settings and outputs in either the Flow Builder (Legacy) or Properties
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Offset Polygon Settings
- Input offset distance
- use negative distance to shrink
- use positive distance to grow
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- Select corner type - round, square, or mitre
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- Line-based starting geometry provide a few additional settings:
- With Holes: Self-Intersecting lines will either fill when creating enclosed polygon areas or not
- Offset side: Offset left, right, or both
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Offset Polygon Output
- The output is a polygon offset by the distance specified
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