PARALLEL CURVE

Purpose:

To insert a contour, parallel to an existing contour, in the current drawing.

Instructions:

1. In the Insert menu, click Parallel Curve.

2. First, the desired distance is given in the combo box in the Geometry toolbar. Next, the source contour is indicated by the user. The sign of the distance and the side of the contour indicated together determines in what direction the resulting curve will 'grow'.

3. Instead of keying in a distance in the combo box, the alternative Indicate can be selected. In this case, the user is prompted to define a point in the drawing, through which the resulting curve should pass.

Options:

In the resulting contour, gaps between line segments may be eliminated in two ways:

• by trimming the line segment to meet

• by inserting a fillet in the gap

Use Options to toggle this behavior.

Result:

User-defined parallel contours are inserted in the current drawing.