Offset

Menu: Modify>Offset

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With Offset command you can create a new object in parallel direction and at a specified distance from the original object that is used as pattern for the new object.

When you execute offset command, you are prompted to select an object. Then you must specify the offset distance. This is the distance that the new object will be drawn from the original object. Then you must select the side (offset direction) of the base object from which the new object is to be drawn. Click on the side to offset.

Before Offset

 

After Offset