modeling-app/docs/kcl/offsetPlane.md

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title	excerpt	layout
offsetPlane	Offset a plane by a distance along its normal.	manual

Offset a plane by a distance along its normal.

For example, if you offset the 'XZ' plane by 10, the new plane will be parallel to the 'XZ' plane and 10 units away from it.

offsetPlane(
  plane: PlaneData,
  offset: number,
): Plane

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
plane	PlaneData	The plane (e.g. 'XY') which this new plane is created from.	Yes
offset	number	Distance from the standard plane this new plane will be created at.	Yes

Returns

Plane

Examples

// Loft a square and a circle on the `XY` plane using offset.
squareSketch = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([-100, 200], %)
  |> line(end = [200, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -200])
  |> line(end = [-200, 0])
  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
  |> close()

circleSketch = startSketchOn(offsetPlane('XY', offset = 150))
  |> circle(center = [0, 100], radius = 50)

loft([squareSketch, circleSketch])

// Loft a square and a circle on the `XZ` plane using offset.
squareSketch = startSketchOn('XZ')
  |> startProfileAt([-100, 200], %)
  |> line(end = [200, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -200])
  |> line(end = [-200, 0])
  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
  |> close()

circleSketch = startSketchOn(offsetPlane('XZ', offset = 150))
  |> circle(center = [0, 100], radius = 50)

loft([squareSketch, circleSketch])

// Loft a square and a circle on the `YZ` plane using offset.
squareSketch = startSketchOn('YZ')
  |> startProfileAt([-100, 200], %)
  |> line(end = [200, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -200])
  |> line(end = [-200, 0])
  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
  |> close()

circleSketch = startSketchOn(offsetPlane('YZ', offset = 150))
  |> circle(center = [0, 100], radius = 50)

loft([squareSketch, circleSketch])

// Loft a square and a circle on the `-XZ` plane using offset.
squareSketch = startSketchOn('-XZ')
  |> startProfileAt([-100, 200], %)
  |> line(end = [200, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -200])
  |> line(end = [-200, 0])
  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
  |> close()

circleSketch = startSketchOn(offsetPlane('-XZ', offset = -150))
  |> circle(center = [0, 100], radius = 50)

loft([squareSketch, circleSketch])

// A circle on the XY plane
startSketchOn("XY")
  |> startProfileAt([0, 0], %)
  |> circle(radius = 10, center = [0, 0])

// Triangle on the plane 4 units above
startSketchOn(offsetPlane("XY", offset = 4))
  |> startProfileAt([0, 0], %)
  |> line(end = [10, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, 10])
  |> close()