On Sunday 19 July 2020 11:22:17 andy pugh wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 11:20, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> 
wrote:
> > And I have come to the conclusion that both cura and merlin that run
> > the enders need to be replaced as neither has a G2 or G3 for circles
>
> STL is a set of triangular facets. There are no curves for the slicer
> to make G2 or G3 arcs out of.
>
> If you want rounder curves, you need to decrease the triangle size in
> the input STL file.

And where do I do that in openscad?

> I only know of one slicer that outputs curves, and I wrote it :-)
> (And it works directly off the CAD model in Inventor, where curves do
> exist)

And its no doubt a better one, but not available to me without a pile of 
sheckels for Inventor.

Thanks Andy.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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