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Question
can you tell me why-- when I make a solid profile of any round object (especially if it is a thin material such as .25"d rod) when I make the solid profile isometric view-- the lines are all segmented and cannot be regenerated to look smooth. I usually end up tracing over the angled segments with the spline to make it look good... but it is very time consuming. CAN YOU TELL ME why this happens and how to fix it?
I tried to duplicate your problem on my computer and couldn't. So I took the question to the Autodesk discussion newsgroups. They recommended that FACETRES be set to 10 and VIEWRES set to 1500.
One guy said to look under options for the following:
Under Display Resolution
20000 Arc and circle smoothness
8 segments in a polyline curve
2 Rendered object smoothness
8 Contour lines per surface
Display Performance
unchecked: Pan and Zoom with Raster & OLE
checked: Highlight Raster Image Frame Only
unchecked: Show text boundary frame only
checked: Draw true silhouettes for solids and surfaces
Go ahead and try those and let me know how it goes.
Bill DeShawn
http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn
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Bill DeShawn
Expertise
I can address all 2-D questions and some 3-D questions. I do programming in AutoLISP if it doesn`t involve solid modeling. I can also address menu customization issues and can help you find answers to questions I can`t answer by taking your question directly to Autodesk via their newsgroups.
Experience
I used to do electronic and mechanical design for a flat panel monitor manufacturer, and now I do architectural drafting for an architect. I did and do AutoLISP and menu customization and take pride in making my lisp routines to do the work exactly the way the client likes them done.
Publications
I had a routine published in CADENCE magazine (no longer in publication and taken over by CADALYST). Some of my routines are published on my website at http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn
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