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Hi,
My engineers want a very high resolution for a curve trace of a gear. Step width of 0.0015" or smaller.
When I ask for a step width of 0.0015" it will only produce 1854 points which is approximately 0.015" Also when I export the points, it will only export 1854 points.
Is there a way I can get a higher resolution than this?
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Try creating your curve with the desired number of 'nominal' points. As opposed to creating your curve then increasing the amount of points in the features.
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Thanks Guys.
I'll give this a try.
If the results are based on the actual points, why is it reporting on the same number of points as the nominal amount?
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As an FYI
I recall with Curve and or Free Form having a calculation issue on surfaces with more than 20,000 points. I cant remember the entire post I read, it may even be on the old forum.
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It will work, but it could take it a while - especially if you are doing any kind of best fit. I had a Free-Form that had close to 100k points that took 8 hours to perform a best-fit (it's all in the accuracy setting).
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I didn't think you could give a Profile measurement though with the Point Cloud? I know that 2019 has made some improvements.

In addition, the Profile required a Best-Fit in a few axis, and then I had to use that new Best-Fit alignment to calculate some Positions. I don't believe there is any way around that.
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I don't know about documentation, but I use them mainly for when a customer wants a raw points in a text file. Like Israel stated, it can handle a massive amount of points with little to no lag.
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