Export circle as a circle not 4 arcs

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GrayTech CNC
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Export circle as a circle not 4 arcs

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I need help with this please.
I have circles in V-Carve as holes that will be drilled.
Using Biesse CNC machine with a drill block to import the dxf from V-Carve.
The holes come from V-Carve as 4 arcs.
I need to select a circle in the Biesse software in order to use the Boring operation.
Is there any way V-Carve can export a circle as a circle and not 4 arcs?

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Re: Export circle as a circle not 4 arcs

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You need to know what your software's definition of a circle is. A circle as a circle doesn't explain it. In vector terms it can be 2, 4 or more arcs, a series of bezier curves or a series of very short line segments.

As you're using DXF the bezier option is out so it's some combination of arcs (most likely I would think) or short line segments.

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Re: Export circle as a circle not 4 arcs

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What other file formats does your Biesse software accept? You might be better off using something other than DXF :lol:

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Re: Export circle as a circle not 4 arcs

Post by TReischl »

How about asking Biesse why their software cannot figure out that 4 arcs with the same center point with coincident endpoints form a circle?

Way the heck back in my previous life I did just that for the software I wrote. Not even a big deal.

Give ya a hint here, machine companies usually are more interested in selling iron than getting the software correct. Just my opinion after 40 years in the industry ::::shrug::::::
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