Need to use splinedit and PLDiet 7 3 s commands in autocad 2000
@jimschmidt wrote:
How do I load & apply these commands in autocad 2000? (Or what version do the work in?)
EXPLODE, JOIN, PLDIET 7 3 S
and
SPLINEDIT, FLATTEN
....
Have you tried PLD manually? [That's the command name -- PLDiet.lsp is the file name.] I wrote it under Acad2004, and some versions are available that have certain things updated, including the one on the Cadalyst CAD Tips website where it was originally posted, so the original is no longer available there. So I'm curious to know whether whichever version you have actually works as far back as in Acad2000. If not, even I don't still have the most original version any more, if that would have worked.
@jimschmidt wrote:
.... How do you tell how many vertices have been removed ...?
Select the Polyline before PLD-ing it, and in the Properties palette, under Geometry, pick in the Current vertex slot. A white X will appear at the start vertex. At the right end of the vertex number space where it says 1 are little up and down arrows, with which you can move that X around the Polyline. Pick on the down arrow once, and you'll see the number of the last vertex.
After PLD-ing, do the same, and if your choices were appropriate [e.g. a long-enough maximum distance compared to the segment lengths, and enough of a bend-angle allowance, that it was able to remove some vertices], that last vertex number will be smaller.
@jimschmidt wrote:
.... How do you tell ... if it has cleaned up the tool path for the CNC machine?
For that question, it depends on what "cleaned up" means in relation to CNC machining. Be aware that PLD eliminates vertices and results in straight-line segments between the vertices that remain [except it will leave arc segments alone if you choose that option]. It can turn the top Polyline here [with 100 segments] into the middle one [with 23 segments], but also into the bottom one [with 6 segments], or any in-between results.
Is that what you mean by "cleaned up"?
