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[Iñigo <inigofs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, wow, wow!
I'm dreaming with electric sh..., sorry, with importing STEP models from
FreeCAD without using 3DWings as an intermediate. It's closer now.
Thank you men!


2013/10/9 Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 06:54:51PM -0700, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> >  It imports without a problem in SolidWorks 2013.  I have a question
> about the control of arc features; I noticed 2x 2.2mm holes represented
> with 0.38mm segments while a 3.5mm hole had 0.31mm segments and a larger
> arc cutout has segments of ~3.5 and 3.8mm.  Can the approximation of arcs
> via segments be controlled so that we can specify the accuracy of the model?
>
> If he used the 'usual' routines, it should be 16/32 segment/circle,
> hardcoded as a constant. Of course a proper quadratic curve (i.e. circle
> :D) would be the right answer but I *really* congrats to him for
> figuring out how the whole STEP mess works out:D
>
> --
> Lorenzo Marcantonio
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