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Smooth and repair

Clean up an imported drawing before it goes to the machine.

1

The import has near-miss ends and jagged corners that will not cut as one part.

2

The tool pulls the loose ends together and smooths the rough corners.

3

The part cuts as one continuous line and drops out of the sheet.

Every setting

4

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

Snap distance

Join ends that are closer than this (mm)

Starts at 0.5 · 0 or more
Drop shorter than

Segments shorter than this are removed (mm)

Starts at 0.1 · 0 or more
Smoothing passes

More passes means rounder corners.

Starts at 2 · 1 to 6
What to do One of: Round off corners, Join loose ends

What it is

Smooths sharp corners and snaps near-miss endpoints in open paths.

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