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- SARC Menu:STTUS / (DSG) DEDIT
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- Smooths the curvature of arcs.
-
- in the geometric module:
- 1. (NUM) size of arc segment in ref. scale 1:curr ref. scale
- (curr. tol upper tol. limit)
- in the Drawing Sheet Generator module:
- 1. (NUM) size of arc segment on paper (curr. tol upper tol. limit)
- for both modules:
- 2. (NUM) minimum and maximum number of segments in an arc (range:
- 5-500)
-
- Description:
-
- This command controls the smoothness of the curvature of line arcs,
- polygon arcs and wall arcs. All arcs are made up of a series of straight
- equal segments. Therefore, a smoother curve will be created if you
- use a large number of small segments.This slows down the screen display time.
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-
- Enter a size for the arc segments. The range is the current tolerance
- value to 1 meter (displayed in the current unit). Then enter the minimum
- and maximum number of segments in the arc.
-
- The minimum and maximum number of segments take priority over the
- size of a segment in relation to the reference scale.
-
- The reference scale is the scale at which text and other scalable
- entities (dimension text, linear patterns) will appear at their originally
- defined size (real size = specified size x reference scale). It is
- set in the \tscrn command. Initially the default in the
- geometric module is 1:100 and in the Drawing Sheet Generator Module
- (DSG) it is set to 1:1 (In the DSG it should not be changed.)
-
- The system will divide all the arcs and circles into segments of the
- size specified. If the number of these segments exceeds the maximum
- or minimum limits that you have set, the system will divide the arc
- into the maximum or minimum number of segments and adjust the size
- of the segments accordingly.
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-
- Example
- Size of segment 0.5mm
- Minimum number of segments 16
- Maximum number of segments 40
-
- If the arc divides into 23 segments of 0.5mm the arc will be drawn as such.
- If the arc divides into 14 segments of 0.5mm (below minimum) the arc will be
- divided into 16 equal segments whose size will be a result
- of this calculation.
-
- If the arc divides into 45 segments of 0.5mm (above maximum) the arc will be
- divided into 40 equal segments whose size will be a result of this
- calculation.
-
- This command affects all subsequently created arcs. To update previously
- created arcs use \regen to regenerate the whole screen or \refe for
- individual arcs.
-
- Hint:In order to increase the speed of loading or redrawing models on screen,
- use a lower range while working, e.g., 10-20 segments, and a higher range in
- order to obtain a better resolution before creating a plot file,e.g.,20-100
- segments.
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