Extra small part appears on plate with arc processing detail in Advance Steel

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023


Products and versions covered


Issue:

Users reported that an extra small part appears on a plate corner in detail drawing when it is cut by a circular contour processing in Advance Steel.
Similar behavior can occur when the plate is cut by polygon contour processing with arcs.
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Solution:

Set the default "Minimum facets for full circle body approximation" to a higher value. For example: 64.
Follow these steps:
  1. Open Management Tools --> Defaults.
  2. Go to the category System --> General.
  3. Set the "Minimum facets for full circle body approximation" value to 64 (or 128).
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  4. Load settings in Advance Steel.
  5. Open the model (if it was open during the change, close it and reopen it).
  6. Update details.

Products:

Advance Steel;


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