Shrink or grow a polygon inside or outside the initiating shape with offset poly.
Category: Dendrogram
Kind: Operation
Description: Legacy dendrogram node for offset polygon
Inputs
| Name |
Abbreviation |
Type |
Access |
Description |
| Input |
I |
Feature |
Item |
The input data |
| Transform |
T |
Object |
Item |
Transform controls (overridden by individual parameters) |
Outputs
| Name |
Abbreviation |
Type |
Access |
Description |
| Primary |
P |
Object |
List |
The primary output |
How to:
- Draw a Line , Rectangle or Polygon
- Click “Open flow builder”
- Add the offset polygon node and offset polygon transform
- Click “edit defaults” to set the starting values
- Edit the settings and outputs in Properties
Offset Polygon Settings
- Input offset distance
- use negative distance to shrink
- use positive distance to grow
- Select corner type - round, square, or mitre
- 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
Offset Polygon Output
- The output is a polygon offset by the distance specified