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Increasing the style spline resolution

Engineering Asked on July 23, 2021

I have a style spline that when extruded have sharp coroners inside of a smooth curve

Is there a way to increase its resolution?

  • Note that its not solidworks graphics setting, it does in fact actually 3d print like shown in the picture

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When I try to split with an offset line, this happens
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There is a thin wall that is cut as well, which shows that there is something going

One Answer

Your problem is in your STL export settings - the spline is perfectly smooth mathematically, and there are separate settings for the SW graphic window and STL export which both approximate the curve as a series of straight lines.

http://help.solidworks.com/2020/english/SolidWorks/sldworks/hidd_stl.htm?verRedirect=1

Correct answer by Jonathan R Swift on July 23, 2021

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