Quicly Simplify "Jagged" Curves / Line

onzki

Hi guys, I'm a newbie to this forum. Thanks for all your free tips and scripts. They are amazing
I have a question, since I'll be working mostly on curves imported from CAD. Is there a Ruby to simply jagged curve as shown in attachment (arc marked in red). I always encounter this type and I end up drawing a new arc just to clean it up. I tried the WELD ruby, it's great too but I think it's best for my workflow if I can have it in two steps like:

select the jagged arc/lines I want to repair
Right-click, choose a command/tool or click an icon. Jagged lines turns to clean arc/line

THANKS!!!
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jeff hammond

you could also adjust your style settings

style->edit->edge settings->endpoints.

turn endpoints off and you won't see all of that even on an exploded arc.

autarchos

+1 on the request for a plugin of this nature - but forget the business with endpoints.

is there a way to select a number of line segments and simply multiply or subdivide them to smooth out a spline/curve imported from CAD? ie. i have a spline that comes in to SU with 24 segments, exploded. by selecting them, the script might 1. weld and 2. allow for increased segments similar to the native SU function for arcs/circles/polygons in 'entity info.' ??

TIG

I wrote a tool to mimic 'Entity Info' - where you can manually change the number of segments in a selected arc IF it's not 'constrained' by connected geometry...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=158903#p158903

onzki

@unknownuser said:

you could also adjust your style settings

style->edit->edge settings->endpoints.

turn endpoints off and you won't see all of that even on an exploded arc.

Wow, that was easy.. now it looks neat. Thanks!

onzki

@tig said:

I wrote a tool to mimic 'Entity Info' - where you can manually change the number of segments in a selected arc IF it's not 'constrained' by connected geometry...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=158903#p158903

I love that one.. thanks for sharing!

archdeacon

hi there,
these jagged lines are derived from unifying two curved solids into a cross vault. i am trying to make the line of interface curved (the groin). Any ideas? see image below, many thanks. jagged lines at the interface of the two curved surfaces

Rich O Brien

Build a framework of curves and loft them.

Curviloft, Extrude Tools etc... will do the heavy lifting

archdeacon

i have already tried that but it does not produce what this is i.e. the intersection of two surfaces. And that is also quite a lot of work, making all the lofts to exactly follow the geometry. There has to be an easier way to make this work.