Error Handling Parabolas

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Bryce
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Error Handling Parabolas

Post by Bryce »

I've discovered an error with how VM4SW handles parabolas. If a parabola is selected as a curve, it simply does not exist to Visual Mill. Here I have selected the curves defining the extruded feature, and the parabola is skipped, and an open loop is cut. When I use the same sketch as the boundary of a pocketing operation, I get an open loops error message.
Select curve
Select curve
VM4SW_Parabola_Error_Curve.JPG (26.25 KiB) Viewed 17183 times
If I select the flat area, the operation completes correctly.
Select flat area
Select flat area
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However, a flat area is often inconvenient or impractical. Is there a solution that would allow a user to use curve parabolas in VM4SW?
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Re: Error Handling Parabolas

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We will take a look at it and get back to you.
Bryce
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Re: Error Handling Parabolas

Post by Bryce »

Thanks. I appreciate that. Parabolas seem to come up a lot when we get geometry imported from Adobe Illustrator artwork.
Bryce
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Re: Error Handling Parabolas

Post by Bryce »

I'm currently working on another project where vector data was imported from Adobe Illustrator. It has thousands of little parabola vectors that I planned to engrave. I'm not really sure what to do about this. More than a year later, this bug still isn't fixed.
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Re: Error Handling Parabolas

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This bug has been fixed in our upcoming 2012 release. We will be releasing a beta in the next few days.
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