Problem With PolyCurve.Offset in C#, Can't Cast to Curve

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For the Zero-Touch node that I’m developing I need to offset some simple PolyCurves. However when I use the PolyCurve.Offset method the compiler apparently believes that I’m offsetting regular curves so I can’t pass a PolyCurve to a variable. It also won’t let me cast the offset output to a PolyCurve.

public static PolyCurve Offset ()
    {
        List<Point> ptList = new List<Point>();
        ptList.Add(Point.ByCoordinates(5, -5));
        ptList.Add(Point.ByCoordinates(0, -5));
        ptList.Add(Point.ByCoordinates(-5, 0));
        PolyCurve pc = PolyCurve.ByPoints(ptList);
        //not only should this cast to polycurve be unnecessary,
        //but it doesn't even work
        PolyCurve pcOffset = (PolyCurve)pc.Offset(-1, false);
        return pcOffset;
    }

The error message I receive in Dynamo reads: “Warning: Class1.Offset operation failed.
Unable to cast object of type ‘Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry.Curve’ to type ‘Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry.PolyCurve’.”

2

Ok I resolved this with an ugly workaround as follows:

List<Curve> temp = new List<Curve>();
temp.Add(pc.Offset(-1, false));
pc = PolyCurve.ByJoinedCurves(temp);