Re: Filter or converter for converting short lines to arcs

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Lionberger"
<jjlionberger@y...> wrote:

> I am currently using surfcam and when post processing it never

generates G02

> code for circles or arcs. Does anyone know of a program that will

analyze

> the gcode files and convert the maybe 100's of lines for one circle

into one

> G02 command? Or, is anyone familiar with surfcam to have a

solution? The

> files are brought in as an iges and then processed and I end up with
> programs with 1000's of lines of code.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Lionberger

There is a Program called "FilterMax" I played with years ago
that will do this, kind of expensive so.
I ended up writing my own but it only works with HPGL files
converted to Gcode.