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I'm having an issue with arcs not displaying. Ive brought in an aluminum window frame from a manufacturer, but none of the arcs are showing up. I can see the center points, so I know that they're there but why cant I see them unless I move the object? Regen will not show them either. I've tried making them a polyline to show them with no success either. Is there a setting that is off somewhere? The arcs are small. (as they are for any aluminum extrusion.)

Thanks!

Maybe check the linetype or the line spacing?

What color are they? Are they too dark to see on a black background? Are they very far from the drawing origin? You can use the Coordinate Identification shortcut [?] (i.e. [Shift] + [/]), then click on a point at the center of the arc. DataCAD will display the X, Y, and Z coordinates on the Attention toolbar. If you identify one of the arcs, does DataCAD indicate it's an arc? Or does it identify as a different entity type? If the mystery continues, you can send the file to help@datacad.com and we'll take a look at it.

The arcs are identified as arcs. The coordinates are around 20' from the origin with zbase and height set to 0.

Line color is cyan, white, or yellow. Line Type is Solid with Spacing set to 1.

The radius is tiny though... .025" (because its imported from an aluminum window manuf.)

They still print, but do not show on the screen.

I'm wondering if I have a graphics card compatibility issue with DC?

I'm running an Nvidia - NVS 300. (not quadro)

In the side menus, go to Utility/Display/Arc Factor and change it to something large (I like to use 10). The smaller the factor (like 1) the more segmented the arcs get - and eventually won't show up if the arc is too tiny.

I think that may have been it. Mine was set to 50.

Thanks!

Check that... its still doing it.

I think it may have something to do with constantly zooming in and out? Essentially zooming out sets my view scale really small, which means the tiny arcs would not be generated? Zooming closely in and hitting U shows the arcs.

Esc. seems to have no affect at all.