smoothing out a polyline

[cherokeechief79]

i have some engraving to do and the supplied letters are all choppy segmented lines with no arcs.things get even worse once i blow it up to the size i need.i was going to just redo it with a similar good trutype font but after about an hr of messing with it last nite i gave up.how can i smooth these letters out and create arcs in the corners?i seem to remember something called "polyarc fit" but i cant seem to find anything like this on the menu.

this is on ver 9

 

thanks

mark

[BernieT]

I don't think there is anything like you describe, I'm sure you will just have to redraw the letters or maybe ask the supplier to get you a better layout.

 

Too bad.

 

E-mail them to me, I would be glad to have a look.

[JDowe]

If the lines are connected and will chain

write a contour toolpath with cutter comp off

and a toolpath filter - then backplot and save the backplot as geometry - this should smooth out your gemetry and give tangent lines and arcs - if the geometry wont chain try setting the chaining tolerance to a bigger value

[Reverend Turk]

I would not waste my time...I would redo the letters just like you said and be done with it.

[cherokeechief79]

this is a department of defence plaque.i searched this design on the net on military sites and almost everyone i looked at was different as far as the fonts and how the spacing was!

i redid the whole thing myself with a good truetype font and its looking very good!

ill pst the whole thing on the ftp site when im done but some of it is done with mc engrave.

i never knew the power of engrave untill recently now i just cant stop using it!

[cherokeechief79]

if i post this on the ftp site will others be able to open and see it if they dont have engrave?

[Storkman]

engraving is free in X3

[Philcott]

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engraving is free in X3

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Is it really?

[crazy^millman]

Yes Phil it is. So is 5 axis verify.

[Philcott]

Guess I got to get off my butt and push the it guy to get me loaded up. Thanks.

[Storkman]

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Is it really?

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Would I lie to you Phil?

[Philcott]

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Would I lie to you Phil?

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Well I am outside the circle and I would call is messin' with me more than lying to me. But I trust you now. At least on this.

[machinehead]

try creating a construction surface,

then create dynamic curves using the supplied geometry as a reference. then delete what you don't need.