AutoCAD 2010 :: Converting Splines Into Arcs
Sep 23, 2011
I have a bugging problem.
I usually use Inventor to create a model from customer supplied blueprints, and then use the model to get the 2D geometry into
AutoCAD for further processing.
Now, unfortunately Inventor has a pitiful 2D drawing method, where circles and arcs that do not lie exactly on the plane end up as a spline.
They are true arcs and circles and should be true arcs and circles on the 2D view, but aren't.
What I would like to do is turn them into one.
Is there any command or method to do that?
I was hoping that Overkill would work ..... it doesn't.
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I've been trying to figure out how to do this. I have a file with 41 drawings, and 7650 objects. and i want all the lines, arcs and circles to be turned into polylines. Now the Mpedit command doesnt really do it for me.
Command: MPEdit
Select objects: Specify opposite corner: 4632 found, 10 groups
Select objects:
divide by zero
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Specify next point or [Close/Fit tolerance] <start tangent>:
0.000000,0.000000,0.010000
Specify next point or [Close/Fit tolerance] <start tangent>:
Specify start tangent:
Specify end tangent:
[code]....
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Any fairly easy way to do this? Are there LISP routines that do this?
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