I think that's because the offset is applied separately at each surface and are not extended/trimmed afterwords. Imagine you have only one of the 4 sides of the extruded rectangle (a rectangular plane). Would you expect it to grow/shrink in size after an offset?
On Jan 20, 11:23 pm, young_grasshopper <[email protected]> wrote: > Something I have been bumping up against often is that when I offset a > group of surfaces the resultant surfaces' edges do not meet. Though > the original base surfaces do, and in some cases the original surface > is an extruded rectangle, in which case the desired result is really > just a thinner or fatter version of the extruded rect. However, in > such a case the result is four separate surfaces that either overlap > at the corners or do not meet at all. The case of the extruded rect. > is a simple example but I have crossed this issue multiple times and > is really annoying. It seems like there should be some kind of scale > and edge relative surface offset tool that would create a more useful > result. > > Still love the new version tho, and will post a more complete wishlist > soon. keep up the good work. > > Ahmed
