solidworks

Parts and Features
If you click Remove All Failing Faces in the PropertyManager, the tool creates an offset
surface with gaps caused by removing the failed faces. You can repair the gaps by manually
adjusting the offsets of the failed faces and adding them back individually into the offset
surface. An alternative if the tool fails is to reduce the offset distance, and run the tool
again.
Previously, the Offset Surface tool failed when it could not create an offset for one or
more faces of a surface. The tool did not identify which faces caused the failure, which
made the offset surface difficult to complete.
To create an offset surface without failed faces:
1. Open system_dir:\Users\Public\Public Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS
2020\samples\whatsnew\parts\tree_gate.SLDPRT.
2. Click Offset Surface (Surface toolbar) or Insert > Surface > Offset.
3. Select the model by clicking Edit > Select All.
4. In the PropertyManager, for Offset Distance, enter 10mm.
Flip Offset Direction toggles the offset direction of the surface between outward
to inward. This example uses the outward direction, which increases the thickness of
the model and is the default direction.
5. Click .
A message displays that it is unable to offset the selected surfaces. When the tool
completes the analysis, the PropertyManager lists and highlights the failing faces in
Offset Parameters.
6. Click Remove All Failing Faces.
The PropertyManager removes the failing faces from Offset Parameters and the
model updates in the graphics area.
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