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flat faced circles
kevin_mason558
Member Posts: 51 EDU
ive noticed on some circles that it gives flat faces when i thicken into sheet metal parts. why is this please? i dont want it to cut like that when i export the dxf
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it won't. just keep going. its just a "less expensive" way for the computer to display arcs/circles. use high quality display setting or change the tessellation level for the part that you want to get more smooth. your exports will do whatever level of detail you set them at.
so if it's drawn a circle
It'll cut as a circle
Even though it's showing faces?
Thanks @MDesign
Yes. if you've drawn it with arc and circles. dxf will have arcs and circles. fwiw on simple designs you can change the the display setting to view in high quality and see smooth curves. if its a complex design you may want to control that with tesselation setting shown here.
@kevin_mason558 I should note though most cutting/printing systems convert arcs and circles to small lines anyway but what you see on screen is not related to those results.
You can change tessellation by typing ( shift+r ) , this gives you high quality rendering. Same thing as MDesign said, just a shortcut
Shift-r is also temporary, which can be good for avoiding overly bumping up the tessellation.