Is there a way to increase the number of line segments used to approximate a circle in order to give it a smoother appearance?

[image] Box: Exporting 2d views as 3d models to .dxf will give you true arcs and circles. Do you mean arcs drawn in Layout? or side views of 3D models from SketchUp? I really would like to be able to just export side views of my model. Should I be starting in Layout, drawing side views, and …

I’m talking about directly from Sketchup. Do this as a simple test. Draw a circle flat on the ground plane of a specific size. Or several circles and arcs. Go Camera/Standard Views/ Top Camera Parallel Projection. Go File Export/3D Model Select .dxf Click options and tick only edges. Click Ok …

[image] Box: Draw a circle flat on the ground plane of a specific size. Or several circles and arcs.Go Camera/Standard Views/ Top Camera Parallel Projection.Go File Export/3D Model What if those circles have depth? What gets exported then? This is all about utilizing the fully construct…

[image] Spaceboy64: What if those circles have depth? What gets exported then? What gets exported depends on your settings, but by default Sketchup will export your full 3d model: circles and arcs will be exported as circles and arcs edges will become lines faces will become polyface “facet…

I was hoping, from what I saw of Layout, that it would provide these 2D flat views in vector format for cut files. It looks very helpful for making building plans.

[image] Spaceboy64: I was hoping, from what I saw of Layout, that it would provide these 2D flat views in vector format It does. Set the rendering method of the SketchUp views to Vector and export to DWG or PDF. The export consists of straight line segments just as the corresponding exports s…

Thanks Anssi, I was experimenting with the file that DaveR uploaded: [image] DaveR: I used 96 segments for the arcs when I drew them. If that isn’t smooth enough, you could trace the curves you’ve drawn in SketchUp with the Arc tool in LayOut.Spaceboys Thing.layout (57.0 KB) I tried to “Sim…

[image] Spaceboy64: but I discovered some of them were not connected and there was more than one copy of the curves. If you looked at the SKP file, you would see that it was a 3D shape that I used because you want to work from a 3D model. So in reality there would be two arcs. Simplifying th…

Dave, [image] DaveR: Simplifying the curves would have reduced the number of nodes but you’d go back to the rougher looking arc you were trying to get away from. Simplify is a function in both Adobe Illustrator and Inkscape which reduces the number of nodes while keeping the shape of the cur…

Upon doing more research, I found that the software for Shopbot has new ability to import SketchUp files directly. ShopBot Product Overview ShopBot Tools fleet of CNC machines and CNC accessories I have not tried this, but it sounds good. I would like to hea…

Circle not smooth because it is aproximated by line segments

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Circle not smooth because it is aproximated by line segments

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