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Remove points in a line

Cut out the points that sit on a straight run and do nothing.

1

An imported path carries points every fraction of a millimetre, even down its straight sections.

2

The tool drops the points that lie on a straight line between their neighbours.

3

The path cuts the same shape, and the machine gets through it without stuttering.

Every setting

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What each number in the dialog means, and where it starts.

Tolerance

How far a point may sit off the line before it is kept (mm)

Starts at 0.05 · 0.001 to 1

What it is

Removes points that sit on a straight run, so imported files cut faster.

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