SARC                                                 Menu:STTUS / (DSG) DEDIT
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Smooths the curvature of arcs.

in the geometric module:
     1.  (NUM) size of arc segment in ref. scale 1:curr ref. scale
         (curr. tol  upper tol. limit)
in the Drawing Sheet Generator module:
     1.  (NUM) size of arc segment on paper (curr. tol  upper tol. limit)
for both modules:
     2.  (NUM) minimum and maximum number of segments in an arc (range:
         5-500)

Description:

This command controls the smoothness of the curvature of line arcs,
polygon arcs and wall arcs. All arcs are made up of a series of straight
equal segments. Therefore, a smoother curve will be created if you
use a large number of small segments.This slows down the screen display time.



Enter a size for the arc segments. The range is the current tolerance
value to 1 meter (displayed in the current unit). Then enter the minimum
and maximum number of segments in the arc.

The minimum and maximum number of segments take priority over the
size of a segment in relation to the reference scale.

The reference scale is the scale at which text and other scalable
entities (dimension text, linear patterns) will appear at their originally
defined size (real size = specified size x reference scale). It is
set in the \tscrn command. Initially the default in the
geometric module is 1:100 and in the Drawing Sheet Generator Module
(DSG) it is set to 1:1 (In the DSG it should not be changed.)

The system will divide all the arcs and circles into segments of the
size specified. If the number of these segments exceeds the maximum
or minimum limits that you have set, the system will divide the arc
into the maximum or minimum number of segments and adjust the size
of the segments accordingly.



Example
Size of segment                 0.5mm
Minimum number of segments      16
Maximum number of segments      40

If the arc divides into 23 segments of 0.5mm the arc will be drawn as such.
If the arc divides into 14 segments of 0.5mm (below minimum) the arc will be
divided into 16 equal segments whose size will be a result
of this calculation.

If the arc divides into 45 segments of 0.5mm (above maximum) the arc will be
divided into 40 equal segments whose size will be a result of this
calculation.

This command affects all subsequently created arcs. To update previously
created arcs use \regen to regenerate the whole screen or \refe for
individual arcs.

Hint:In order to increase the speed of loading or redrawing models on screen,
use a lower range while working, e.g., 10-20 segments, and a higher range in
order to obtain a better resolution before creating a plot file,e.g.,20-100
segments.

