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Arc smoothness????

Arc smoothness????

Arc smoothness????

(OP)
I created an arc and then extruded a thickness and length. When shaded, the arc exhibits faceted faces as opposed to a smooth surface. I went to Tools/Options/Document Properties and bumped up the Image Quality to High for both shaded and Wireframe. Still looks facted. I'm inserting this part into an assembly and it looks terrible. I had to turn on the base sketch to see the smooth arc for fit purposes. I'm also going to perform an optical analysis, and I do not know if the faceted faces cause issues with results.

Can anyone help?

RE: Arc smoothness????

Do you have a qualified video card?

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

RE: Arc smoothness????

Heck, I have a qualified card and my arcs will look like that, too, when I zoom in closely. It is, I believe, the nature of the beast.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

RE: Arc smoothness????

(OP)
It's a Quadro FX 1400 set to Solidworks.

4 GB's of memeory
Win XP Pro

If I extrude a circle, and change the image quality the circle is smooth. So I don't think it's a graphic/screen issue.

Is the arc smooth? - yes

Does it look smooth? - No

RE: Arc smoothness????

(OP)
JMirisola,

Look at my attached link. Over a 2.6 inch span there are five facets to define the smoothness of the arc. I wouldn't mind maybe 100 to define the smooth arc, but not 5. This doesn't change regardless of the settings.

I decided to extrude a circle. It was somewhat faceted initially, but when I changed the image quality settings it was smooth regardless how close I zoomed in.

RE: Arc smoothness????

Did you try playing with:
System Options -> Performance -> Curvature generation and Level of detail?

Eric

RE: Arc smoothness????

I was messing around with my system and, upon close inspection, noticed what oharag noticed. Why would an arc be more faceted than a circle? Hmmmm...

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

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