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Hi Michael,

>It's a tricky area because it's very easy for a fix that solves one problem to cause a new problem somewhere else.<

I see what you are saying :). Your solution works. Scaling the model up and changing the resolution makes those short
segments almost invisible, or invisible enough to get away with it, in most situations. In my case it might actually be
easier to not scale the model, so it is easier to spot the problem areas and fix them.

Another thought that came to me, would it be possible to automagically have all the line segments, that surround each
face joined. I probably should make a screenshot to show what I mean. Or is there a way to loop select edge loops on 2D
entities. I know there is script that works on faces. I am just trying to avoid to chase files from one program to another,
and Moi just has a nice workflow.

@Peer, yeap LivePaint works really very well, played around with this too. Corel Draw has a similar function, I think it's
called FloodFill, not sure right now, also works well. Inkscape solution works, but this is really not there yet :(. FreeCad was
another thing I tried (Tech Draw Workbench), this gave me the proper result, but, FreeCAD is a "Beast", if you know what I mean.
It is loaded, but simple things are sometimes better/easier/faster. Right now I am just exploring my possibilities and looking
for the best solution.

Sorry for the long post.
Ad

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Hi Ad,

re:
> Another thought that came to me, would it be possible to automagically have all the line segments,
> that surround each face joined.

Pretty difficult to make that happen currently at least. To start with as you have noted there are often little pieces which are hard for a joiner to process automatically.

Additionally on edges shared between 2 faces those would need to be duplicated?


> I probably should make a screenshot to show what I mean. Or is there a way to
> loop select edge loops on 2D entities.

Sorry, no there isn't that kind of loop selection available currently.

- Michael

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And why not use the PDF export from MOi3D ?
Seems you have the same different projects view 3D of any position of the object in the 3D SPace to the flat sheet !
and seem there is no problem of intersection and little part of curves... at the 500% zoom

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Hi Michael,

>Pretty difficult to make that happen currently at least. To start with as you have noted there are often little pieces which are hard for a joiner to process automatically.<

Sorry I threw that at you. I haven't really thought through this, I just thought out loud. But after some more thinking, I realized this is probably a
no-go. And like you said, on top of that, some edges would have to be duplicated.

@Frenchy Pilou, the pdf export was actually the first thing I did, but if I have to clean up things, it is actually easier to do right there in Moi. At least for me.

Thanks to everybody for your input and suggestions, definately got me a step further.

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Hi Ad,

Have you tried out the latest v5 beta? It seems like hidden line removal is less sensitive to object size now.

- Peer

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Hi Peer,

I just used make2d with a different part, on the April 8 Beta.
The results were much better, but like I said this was a different
part.

After trying several different options, including other software,
I decided to stick with Moi. Just have to do some clean up, but
either way I have to prep things for my purpose anyway and doing
it in Moi is the most efficient way for me personally.

Ad

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