Short description

🧩 Double Offset is a Lee Mac AutoLISP utility that offsets a selected curve to both sides using one offset distance or a through point.
🎛️ The command includes options for deleting the source object and placing the new offsets on the current layer or the source layer.
📐 Supported objects include ARC CIRCLE ELLIPSE SPLINE LWPOLYLINE XLINE and LINE.

Command:

Main command: DoubleOffset
Alias: DOff

Description:

📏 Standard distance mode creates one offset at the positive distance and one at the negative distance from the selected curve.
🎯 Through mode calculates the perpendicular distance between the selected through point and the closest point on the source curve and then offsets to both sides by that distance.
🔁 Through mode also provides Multiple so several through points can generate repeated pairs of offsets from the same source object.
🗑️ Erase controls whether the original source entity is deleted after offsetting.
🗂️ Layer controls whether the created offsets retain the source layer or are moved to the current AutoCAD layer.
⚙️ The current OFFSETGAPTYPE value is displayed in the settings summary.
↩️ Each selected object operation is enclosed in an AutoCAD undo mark.

Helper function: (if any)

DoubleOffset calls the VLA Offset method with positive and negative distances.
vlax-curve-getClosestPointTo is used to calculate Through mode distance.
_StartUndo and _EndUndo manage AutoCAD undo marks.

Functionalities:

✅ Both side offset – creates positive and negative offsets from one selected curve.
✅ Distance mode – uses the specified numeric offset distance.
✅ Through mode – calculates the offset distance from a picked through point.
✅ Multiple through points – supports repeated through point offsets for one source object.
✅ Erase source option – optionally deletes the source object after successful processing.
✅ Current layer option – can move generated offsets to the active layer.
✅ Source layer option – can retain the original object layer on generated offsets.
✅ Broad curve support – supports ARC CIRCLE ELLIPSE SPLINE LWPOLYLINE XLINE and LINE.
✅ Persistent command settings – keeps Erase and Layer choices in global variables for later command runs.
✅ Undo marks – provides grouped rollback for individual processed objects.

Result:

🎯 The result is a matched pair of offset curves located on opposite sides of the selected source entity.
🧰 The tool is useful for rapidly generating parallel boundaries center based corridor limits utility envelopes and similar two sided CAD geometry.

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<Run Foreground="White">🧩 Double Offset is a Lee Mac AutoLISP utility that offsets a selected curve to both sides using one offset distance or a through point.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Run Foreground="White">📐 Supported objects include ARC CIRCLE ELLIPSE SPLINE LWPOLYLINE XLINE and LINE.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Function Syntax</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">Main command: </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="Orange">DoubleOffset</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">Alias: </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="Orange">DOff</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">SEO Optimized Overview</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">📏 Standard distance mode creates one offset at the positive distance and one at the negative distance from the selected curve.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🎯 Through mode calculates the perpendicular distance between the selected through point and the closest point on the source curve and then offsets to both sides by that distance.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🔁 Through mode also provides Multiple so several through points can generate repeated pairs of offsets from the same source object.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🗑️ Erase controls whether the original source entity is deleted after offsetting.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🗂️ Layer controls whether the created offsets retain the source layer or are moved to the current AutoCAD layer.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚙️ The current OFFSETGAPTYPE value is displayed in the settings summary.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">↩️ Each selected object operation is enclosed in an AutoCAD undo mark.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Primary Workflow</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">• Run DoubleOffset or DOff.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">• Enter an offset distance or choose Through Erase or Layer.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">• Select a supported curve object.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">• In Through mode pick a through point or choose Multiple for repeated through points.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">• The routine generates offsets on both sides of the source curve.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">• The original object is erased when Erase source is set to Yes.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">• Continue selecting objects or choose Exit.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Functionalities</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Both side offset</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - creates positive and negative offsets from one selected curve.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Distance mode</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - uses the specified numeric offset distance.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Through mode</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - calculates the offset distance from a picked through point.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Multiple through points</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - supports repeated through point offsets for one source object.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Erase source option</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - optionally deletes the source object after successful processing.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Current layer option</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - can move generated offsets to the active layer.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Source layer option</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - can retain the original object layer on generated offsets.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Broad curve support</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - supports ARC CIRCLE ELLIPSE SPLINE LWPOLYLINE XLINE and LINE.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Persistent command settings</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - keeps Erase and Layer choices in global variables for later command runs.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Undo marks</Run></Bold><Run Foreground="White"> - provides grouped rollback for individual processed objects.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Important Commands and Aspects</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 DoubleOffset calls the VLA Offset method with positive and negative distances.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 vlax-curve-getClosestPointTo is used to calculate Through mode distance.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 _StartUndo and _EndUndo manage AutoCAD undo marks.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Result</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🎯 The result is a matched pair of offset curves located on opposite sides of the selected source entity.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧰 The tool is useful for rapidly generating parallel boundaries center based corridor limits utility envelopes and similar two sided CAD geometry.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DarkRed">Important Notes</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="DarkRed">The source identifies Lee Mac as the author and lists version 1-1 dated 12 September 2010.</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="DarkRed">The VLA Offset method can return an error for geometry that cannot produce a valid offset and the source protects those calls with vl-catch-all-apply.</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="DarkRed">The Erase and Layer settings persist during the AutoCAD session.</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ </Run><Bold><Run Foreground="DarkRed">Through mode can set OFFSETDIST to a negative value to represent the AutoCAD Through state.</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
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Short description🧩 Double Offset is a Lee Mac AutoLISP utility that offsets a selected curve to both sides using one offset distance or a through point. 🎛️ The command includes options for deleting the source object and placing the new offsets on the current layer or the source layer. 📐 Supported objects include ARC CIRCLE…