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Curved surface being split into facets on export, is there a workaround?
gary_smith251
Member Posts: 11 ✭
Hey Folks,
When working on a simple train cab roof I've run into a little issue I've not seen before. I set a curve to the radius required to sit up against the cab wall, and then offset this to create the thickness of the roof. Now when I'm exporting to print as an STL files (Lychee slicer wont accept SETP or Obj files) the curve of the roof is heavily faceted.
Ive done a serach and see this has come up before as an issue, so wondering is there a process in my workflow i should be doing to get these outside smooth surfaces?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6d936a4258749c01da774eb2/w/c1ea534a2514a84b38194db5/e/f1f3ad4a960a92ea8cef213c?renderMode=0&uiState=67bb4c7bd2ffce22089e11ab
Thanks :)
Answers
Change your export settings to be high quality
Have it set to fine for stl export, and don't understand enough about the custom settings to change options there confidently as still learning a lot about onshape
Well that's how we learn. Change a setting see what happens. Lower the angle to 1deg or even lower