SMOOTH CURVES

[jhudtwalcker]

I'm having some problems here, extrudin a curve form into a solid... take a look at the image... can anybody help me? there isn't an isolines nor facetres variables here in revit... are there?

[Steve_Stafford]

When drawing arcs you can use the Tangent Arc tool to draw subsequent arcs. The segmentation you show looks like arcs that are not truly tangent so they don't blend into each other neatly.

[jhudtwalcker]

no... it's only ONE arc...

[Steve_Stafford]

What does it look like when it plots/prints? How big/small is what is pictured?

[jhudtwalcker]

It plots exactly as you see it in the screen. it measures 32 cm. in radius and 20.1 cm lenght. (see attachment)

[Dimitri Harvalias]

Revit doesn't handle tiny arc things (screw heads, wire door hardware pulls etc) and tends to facet them when displaying and printing but it seems to me that should be within the range of Revit's tolerance.
Have you tried recreating it?

[jhudtwalcker]

yes, I did... :?

[dhurtubise]

Can you post the file ?

[jhudtwalcker]

I can't... this thing don't let me. I attached it as dwf, instead

[Andrew Dobson]

Revit doesn't handle tiny arc things (screw heads, wire door hardware pulls etc) and tends to facet them when displaying and printing but it seems to me that should be within the range of Revit's tolerance.
Have you tried recreating it?


I have a similar problem and found this thread when doing a search. I have experienced this issue with all versions of Revit Architecture up to 2009.

I have attached a screen shot of a classical column at 1:5 scale. The base of this column is a solid revolve, but it does not display with smooth curves, and always looks faceted at any scale, and also when I print it, which is obviously unacceptable for producing drawings.

If I export to AutoCAD via DWG, it also appears faceted in AutoCAD, although more subtly.

If I export to an ACIS (*.sat) file and import into AutoCAD, it looks faceted to begin with, but I just REGEN the drawing and it displays correctly. It always prints correctly in AutoCAD.

Does anyone have any idea how to get Revit to display and most importantly print curves smoothly?

[dhurtubise]

Did you add Symbolic lines or you are printing the solid?

[Andrew Dobson]

Did you add Symbolic lines or you are printing the solid?

I am printing the solid.

Can you have symbolic lines in 3D?

[dhurtubise]

useless since you wanna see the 3D model but in plan and elevation view yes