Hello, I’m trying to troubleshoot an issue. I’ve offset an edge using a distance parameter, but I’ve realized that sometimes the offset extends outside the face, which is problematic because I need to perform an operation (extrude cut) on the face. I attempted a different method, but it doesn’t seem to be working as expected (offsetSign but the value of offsetDistance doesn't change).

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

'usual variable declarations
    ' Get the face normal
    swFaceNormal = swFace.Normal
    
    ' Determine the offset direction based on the normal
    If swFaceNormal(2) < 0 Then
        offsetSign = -1 ' Reverse offset direction if the normal is negative
    Else
        offsetSign = 1 ' Use positive offset direction
    End If

    ' Adjust offsetDistance based on the normal's direction
    offsetDistance = offsetDistance * offsetSign
    
    ' Select and project the longest edge into the sketch
    swLongestEdge.Select4 True, swSelectData
    boolstatus = swSketchMgr.SketchUseEdge3(False, True)
        
    ' Use the part file name for engraving
    Dim strEngrave As String
    strEngrave = partFileName
    Debug.Print "engraving to add : " & strEngrave

    ' Get the active sketch
    Set swSketch = swSketchMgr.ActiveSketch
    If Not swSketch Is Nothing Then
        ' Get all sketch segments
        swSketchSegs = swSketch.GetSketchSegments

        ' Select the last added segment (assuming it's the projection)
        If Not IsEmpty(swSketchSegs) Then
            Set swSegment = swSketchSegs(UBound(swSketchSegs))
            swSegment.Select4 False, Nothing
        End If
    End If

    ' Offset the projected sketch segment with the calculated offset distance
    swSketchMgr.SketchOffset2 offsetDistance, False, False, swSkOffsetCapEndType_e.swSkOffsetNoCaps, swSkOffsetMakeConstructionType_e.swSkOffsetMakeOffsConstruction, False