https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7280774#M55331 <P>For the last post, did you weld the two vertices before convert it to an editable mesh?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:43:59 GMT Fadhil_Farook 2017-08-07T09:43:59Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7279857#M55329 <P>If I draw an arc and later convert to an editable mesh, how do I control the number of steps in the arc?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>the arc has a radius 32, start 90 stop 180 (products a 90 degree arc)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>when I convert to an editable mesh, it has too many steps in the arc - I only want 12 steps</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've tried initially setting this in interpolation of the arc, but nothing happens?</P> Sun, 06 Aug 2017 18:48:48 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7279857#M55329 Anonymous 2017-08-06T18:48:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7280642#M55330 <P>So I've can control the steps now - I restarted the project and steps does give me the control I want, in the INTERPOLATION section</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>New problem - when joining an arc to a line, and then creating an editable mesh from it, the join isn't smooth. Is there an automatic way to make the join smooth?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Capture1.PNG" style="width: 705px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/386603i02B9152F731DB094/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Capture1.PNG" alt="Capture1.PNG" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Capture2.PNG" style="width: 705px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/386604iC18A5F35276767A3/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Capture2.PNG" alt="Capture2.PNG" /></span></P> Mon, 07 Aug 2017 08:33:13 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7280642#M55330 Anonymous 2017-08-07T08:33:13Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7280774#M55331 <P>For the last post, did you weld the two vertices before convert it to an editable mesh?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:43:59 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7280774#M55331 Fadhil_Farook 2017-08-07T09:43:59Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7375054#M55332 <P>Hello&nbsp;@Anonymous,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I believe&nbsp;<a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4754210">@Fadhil_Farook</a>&nbsp;is correct, welding those should help. &nbsp;Did that work for you?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Best Regards,</P> Tue, 12 Sep 2017 23:53:00 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7375054#M55332 Alfred.DeFlaminis 2017-09-12T23:53:00Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7378472#M55333 <P>Hello&nbsp;@Anonymous,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I just wanted to follow up here, any progress on this issue? <BR /><BR />Best Regards,</P> Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:49:20 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/arc-to-editable-mesh-control-the-number-of-steps-in-the-arc/m-p/7378472#M55333 Alfred.DeFlaminis 2017-09-13T18:49:20Z