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RyanVanVeen1-Visitor
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November 17, 2021
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Laser cutting spline lines

  • November 17, 2021
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I am using Creo Parametric - Release 3.0 (connected) 3.0 M040

When we create sheet metal parts to be cut on our laser, many have complex splines, rather than smooth arcs. Is there a way to have Creo export DXFs from the drawing with best fit curves and arcs rather than splines and polylines?

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tbraxton
22-Sapphire II
tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
November 17, 2021

Try setting this config option to yes. This should export the splines as arcs using a DXF output.

 

intf2d_out_splines_to_arcs

 

This will not necessarily fix everything as it applies only to splines that represent arcs.

Description: Yes - splines geometrically representing arcs will be exported as arcs. No - such splines will be exported as splines.

 

If this does not address the issue you will probably have to use a 3rd party application to convert the splines to arcs in the DXF exports.

 

KenFarley
KenFarley21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
November 17, 2021

Seems to be a problem that has been asked about before:

 

Export DWG Drawing with Converted Splines to Arcs 

Is it possible to output a spline as lines and arcs when export drawing to DXF in Creo Parametric  

 

Doesn't seem to be an option. The options available when doing a DXF export are not helpful for this situation. You can specify splines be saved as polylines, but not approximate lines and arcs.

 

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RyanVanVeen1-VisitorAuthor
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November 17, 2021

I was hoping that there was some development since that previous discussion (2012).

I'm going to try "intf2d_out_splines_to_arcs"

KenFarley
KenFarley21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
November 17, 2021

I had checked the config options for DXF but not the general intf2d_out options. Hopefully that will help, but I have my doubts.

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