should this oval cut as arcs or small straight line moves?
should this oval cut as arcs or small straight line moves?
I use the mach 2/3 arcs pp but the oval in this file still cuts as straght line moves. Do I have somthing messed up or does it only do circles as arcs?
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Hi Kevin,
Arcs will only be output in the CNC code where the original vector geometry includes arcs and lines.
Where a design is constructed from Bezier curves the toolpath will be G1 point to point moves.
It is possible to convert Bezier curves to Arcs using the Node Editing Tools that are available
off the Right mouse menu, or a much quicker method is to use the keyboard shortcuts,
N - Node Edit
I – Insert Point (often need to insert intermediate points to maintain the shape)
A – Convert span to Arc
This is can be a time consuming process but sometimes worth the effort.
I hope this helps,
Tony
Arcs will only be output in the CNC code where the original vector geometry includes arcs and lines.
Where a design is constructed from Bezier curves the toolpath will be G1 point to point moves.
It is possible to convert Bezier curves to Arcs using the Node Editing Tools that are available
off the Right mouse menu, or a much quicker method is to use the keyboard shortcuts,
N - Node Edit
I – Insert Point (often need to insert intermediate points to maintain the shape)
A – Convert span to Arc
This is can be a time consuming process but sometimes worth the effort.
I hope this helps,
Tony
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Hi David,
Not automatically.
Bezier curves can only be converted to arcs using the manual Node Editing
tools described above.
I'm not sure if the DXFTools utility in this thread is of any help,
http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic. ... bc98c#4958
Tony
Not automatically.
Bezier curves can only be converted to arcs using the manual Node Editing
tools described above.
I'm not sure if the DXFTools utility in this thread is of any help,
http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic. ... bc98c#4958
Tony
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Arc Fitting
Hello Tony,
Do you have any plans on adding Arc-Fitting (other than curve by curve) of curves?
Thank you,
David
Do you have any plans on adding Arc-Fitting (other than curve by curve) of curves?
Thank you,
David