Bidirectional offset in sketch

[robQS72Z]

Is it possible to create a bidirectional offset in a sketch ?

This used to be very simple when I used SolidWorks, just tick the box that says "bidirectional" and it's done.

But in Fusion360 I cannot find this option, which seems to be too simple and useful not to have.

[jhackney1972]

No, bi-directional offset is not implemented in Fusion 360;yet, it may be in the future..  You will just have to offset twice with the same value.  Also, it is not possible to offset a sketch line that  has been created by an offset function.

[TheCADWhisperer]

@robQS72Z 

There might be an easier way (thin feature is bi-directional).

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

[robQS72Z]

I do know the thin feature can do this but the offset is just the starting point of a more complex sketch so I cannot use the thin feature in this case. Well... maybe I could, but then I'd have to do a lot of combine, split, chamfer and fillet features instead of just doing this in one sketch

[TrippyLighting]

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@robQS72Z wrote:

 Well... maybe I could, but then I'd have to do a lot of combine, split, chamfer and fillet features instead of just doing this in one sketch

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That sounds like a much better approach than "doing this in one sketch". That is at least the case for Fusion 360.