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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Thu, 26 November 2015, 01:53:17
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So, I traced out a picture of Kirby on der' Solidoworks for 20 minutes, yea?
Cuz they got this Old EDM machine, and I wanted to play with it..
Then I go transfer the code, and it says exceeds 100,000 lines..
Freaking.. someone should've warned me about Splines.. cuz this machine doesn't support live input..
There's no way to draw kirby without splines though, cuz he's just too damn curvy.
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/1338595291975093396.png)
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I'm sad for you tp
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How are you exporting to the EDM prparation software?
Some export types depend on the level of detail of the graphics view you're using in Solidworks, so if you decrease your image detail (tesselation) before export it might reduce the number of nodes on the export enough.
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How are you exporting to the EDM prparation software?
Some export types depend on the level of detail of the graphics view you're using in Solidworks, so if you decrease your image detail (tesselation) before export it might reduce the number of nodes on the export enough.
It's not even that complx, exporting to dxf, R12, but, this caxa software that they use to create the paths h8s splines, and makes a billion lines of code.
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In the export dialog you can select "export splines as polylines". You may have to restart Solidworks for the selection to take effect, depends on the version.
I really like Solidworks, most intuitive 3D design program for me :)
Hope you get this solved.
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In the export dialog you can select "export splines as polylines". You may have to restart Solidworks for the selection to take effect, depends on the version.
I really like Solidworks, most intuitive 3D design program for me :)
Hope you get this solved.
This. Solidworks or go home. 10/10 CAD program, especially with all plugins, materials, etc..