Optimize file for cnc.

[Anonymous]

Hello! I imported that file from 3ds max to autocad. How to optimize it for cnc? The problem is that it has to many points. 

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> The problem is that it has to many points

There are no points (I see) on straight edges that can be deleted without losing quality. I also can't find curves like arcs with constant radius ... so: You know that in that case less points means less quality?

And what means too many? 10% too much or 10 times too much?

- alfred -

[TheCADnoob]

There appears to be a section with geometry in the Z direction. Is this an intentional part of the design?

[Anonymous]

No that looks like error. 

[TheCADnoob]

there are a couple way to get this down see this article for a couple. probably the easiest would be something like FLATTEN, but that command always see to be a mixed bag for me. 

EDIT: I just ran flatten and it significantly changes the lines... id try something else.

[TheCADnoob]

i got better results with this (note the script has some licensing/adds) http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2010-2011-2012/how-to-globally-change-all-z-values-to-0/td-p/3...

[Patchy]

Convert it to LWPOLYLINE and Flatten it, run a PLDIET.LSP by Kent Cooper

it will reduce the vertices.