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Technical discussions => General discussion => Topic started by: maymay on July 10, 2013, 02:00:58 PM

Title: Smooth Arcs
Post by: maymay on July 10, 2013, 02:00:58 PM
I have the tessellation set pretty high at .875, and the Solid Edge model has been sharpened to 4 (out of 5). Is there a way to increase the number of segments in these arcs? These are a lot larger than most of the elements in the scene. Could that be a cause?

Title: Re: Smooth Arcs
Post by: guest84672 on July 10, 2013, 02:25:24 PM
We are only reading the tessellated information from the SE file on Windows. You would need to further refine the edge length inside SE.
Title: Re: Smooth Arcs
Post by: maymay on July 10, 2013, 02:32:52 PM
Hmm, they're arcs, but importing as highly segmented. This image is from Solid Edge.
Title: Re: Smooth Arcs
Post by: maymay on July 10, 2013, 02:36:31 PM
There is an option in Solid Edge for arc smoothness, but I didn't think it would be causing this since it doesn't appear that way in Solid Edge.
Title: Re: Smooth Arcs
Post by: maymay on July 10, 2013, 02:44:21 PM
Tried changing the arc setting in Solid Edge, it didn't help any.
Title: Re: Smooth Arcs
Post by: SolidEdgeGuy on July 12, 2013, 05:56:31 AM
To set the Arc Smoothness for exporting to keyshot:
1. Select the Application Button in Solid Edge and select Save As > Save As Translated. 
2. Set the filter to Keyshot (*.bip).
3. Go to the options and drag the slider to the right to increase the sharpeness. 
This should do the trick!
Title: Re: Smooth Arcs
Post by: guest84672 on July 12, 2013, 05:57:43 AM
Thanks Doug! Much appreciated.
Title: Re: Smooth Arcs
Post by: maymay on July 12, 2013, 11:07:51 AM
Thanks SolidEdgeGuy, I didn't know that was there!