Keeping the Initial Element

You can retain an initial element on which you are performing an operation. With this command active, your operations are performed on the copy of the initial element. Therefore, you keep the initial element intact.

Before you begin: Open an existing 3D shape.
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About Keeping the Initial Element
  1. Select the both surfaces.
  2. From the Creation section of the action bar, click Offset .
    The Offset Surface and Edit Box dialog boxes appear. The offset surface is automatically visualized as a meshed surface.

  3. Set the offset value to 5mm.
  4. In the App Options panel, click Keep Original .
  5. Click OK in the current command.
    The initial element remains unchanged and a new element is created.

    Important:
    • When the Keep Original option is not selected, the initial element is replaced by the new element.
    • When the initial element is referenced by another element, it is always kept, and the new element is created, even if the Keep Original option is not selected.


    The Keep original icon remains active once you click OK, providing it was active while performing the command (and vice-versa).

    Below you will find the results of the combined behavior of Keep Original and Datum mode:

    InputKeep OriginalDatumOutputResult
    FeatureONONDatum Input is not replaced, new datum will be created.
    ONOFFFeature Input is not replaced, new feature will be created.
    OFFONDatum Input is not replaced, new datum will be created.
    OFFOFFFeature Input is not replaced, new feature will be created.
    DatumONONDatum Input is not replaced, new datum will be created.
    ONOFFFeature Input is not replaced, new feature will be created.
    OFFONDatum Input is replaced with the newly created datum.
    OFFOFFFeature Input is not replaced, new feature will be created.