Re: G-code problem

Rich,
Thanks a lot! I'm embarrassed at how easy that was. I had thought
about trying to 'copy' the form, but it had thousands of points and
I assumed that it would be a never ending task. Not so, just a
couple of minutes doing it your way.
Thanks again
Al
PS Does that mean that I owe you a t-shirt?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Rich D." <cmsteam@a...> wrote:
> Al,
> This is the trick (besides avoiding making splines in the first
> place ;-) . Put the object on the screen and snap a line to it
anyplace
> and draw a short line. This is just a marker to show where you
started.
> Now, with line or polyline (best, as you can go back and make
adjustments
> easily later) start at the marker and snap the line to the object
every
> so much distance as you move along the existing line. It helps to
zoom
> into the line to get a resonable number of handles as these become
your
> coordinates later. Straight line segments can be just hit at each
end.
> Very curvy objects frequently can be duplicated by snapping to all
> spline handles and intermediate midpoints. Add more if necessary.
> When all is right, delete the spline, explode the polyline and
convert
> to dxf then g-code.
> RichD, got the t-shirt.