DXF Output

[ArtF]

Gary:

  ohhh..right. I never did give the users the selection liek I did in G1.0 did I..

Sorry Gary. My bad. Ive always had that option.. but you never have. I will bump that to the
top of th epriority list, I'll see if I can get you that power over the next day or two. My applogies
for dangling that in front of you. ( Gearotic is my devlopment platform and has capabilities only I have
because theit not developed for outside use, this is soemthign I should make available to the GUI though..
it can make the gear take a long time to tooth.. but is probably something I should allow.

Art

[GKurtz]

Art,

I appreciate you updating Gearotic V2.275 to add the higher node output, but unfortunately this did not solve my problem in using my CNC CAM program to create G-code.  I wish to us my CNC CAM program so that I can make greater modifications to the gears that Gearotic create.

Hopeful you can bump up the priority and modify Gearotic to use point meshes and arcs to create a fitted surface to the points.

In the mean time, I have been unable to find another program to smooth the jagged edges.  These includes CorelDraw, CamBAM and BobCAD.

Thank you for all of your help in this matter.

[John T]

I use Aspire for customizing - maybe its gear size thar makes a difference but I get no jaggies 

[GKurtz]

Thanks for the info, but unfortunately, I do not have Aspire.

[Ken_Shea]

You can try B-Spline, most any cad should have that with in the arc tools.
No need for the points just connect the jaggie peaks .
Not a perfect solution but does do what you are needing (I think)

Ken

[GKurtz]

Yes, I can connect the dots, but this can be very time consuming when you have many teeth on the gear.

[Google Feedfetcher]

Where is DXF output?
It's not under output options as it was before.

[Google Feedfetcher]

OK forget it, was missing off an earlier version.
Not got latest beta and it's back.

[ArtF]

Im kinda surprised the jaggies in there are causing much trouble. My system has never noticed them , and on a typical gear they are less than 1/10 mm in size. Kinda small to
cause much trouble..
  I will be adding some sort of antialiasing capablity for filtering, but thats probably as close as Ill get to what you require if its importing to other cad programs. Changing output to arc/mesh type of iges output or stp probably isnt in the cards anytime soon, its simply too complex and cost prohibitive.

Art

[GKurtz]

Art,

Is it possible to eliminate every other node where there are jagged lines?  This should produce a smoother curve.  I can do this manually, but it is very time consuming.