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What is Boundary Offset?
2D boundary offset is -- in mathematical terms -- the construction of a boundary at a given distance from a specified open or closed boundary. In the image above, the red boundary has been offset numerous times to produce the green offset boundaries.
2D boundary offset is all around us. Cabinet trim, picture frames, streets and highways, art designs, landscaping, bottle labels, and neon signs all use boundary offset. If you look around you, without a doubt, you will find other things which were made using a boundary offset calculation.
Constructing an offset boundary by hand is not that difficult. What is difficult is getting a computer to do it reliably. The little floating point round-offs that don't bother us humans cause computer programs to trip and fall face-first on their little flat-panel screens.
Why, then, even ask computers to calculate a boundary offset? (click here to read more)
Products
CCDK/NC Engine - Library of 100+ C functions for computing milling and turning toolpaths, boundary offsets and area booleans (union, difference, common). CCDK/3D, platform-independent source code and documentation is included. Ideal for CAD, CAM, machine control, AEC, GIS and other applications which perform computations with areas and 2D and 3D boundaries. Available with a pilot project. Contact Building Block Software for details.
CAD/CAM Developer's Kit/3D - Library of 600+ C functions for 3D geometry, rendering, and DXF. Platform-independent source code and documentation included. Ideal for 3D wireframe CAD applications. US$950.00
CAD/CAM Developer's Kit/2D - Library of 300+ C functions for 2D geometry, rendering, and DXF. Platform-independent source code and documentation included. Ideal for 2D CAD applications. FREE. No pilot project required!
Software Engineering, Software Development, Training and Support - "Jump-start" pilot projects. One-on-one or group training at your facility. Support and consulting by phone and email. Click here for details