I want to make labels (about 175 different models), I work on SolidWorks and my subcontractor to whom I want to entrust the manufacture of my labels works on Adobe Illustrator. He asks me for a vectorized file that is directly usable, because otherwise, reworking my 175 files will take a lot of time and will have an impact on the price of my labels. By making an MEP of my model on which there is a " wireframe " view. Adobe Illustrator is able to retrieve the vector from my label. However, it seems that here a segmentation takes place: my label is well vectorized, but the vectors of my label are not linked to each other, as if they had lost their hooks... Do you know of a solution or alternative? STICKER RELEVABLE_.PDF (30.0 KB) STICKER RELEVABLE_. SLDPRT (449.6 KB)
Yes, I tried with different formats... (DXF/ DWG/ AI/PDF/etc...) with the 3D model as well as with the MEP. My subcontractor informs me that my files are indeed vectorized, but that they are made up of separate segments and arcs of circles, and that in order to be able to use them to make labels, they have to rework them manually to join the segments and recreate the curves, which is doable, but laborious!
The problem of merging coincident points is quite common. In the export options, try merging the endpoints with a value of, say 0.001 (it merges points that are spaced 0.001 and less apart). Depending on the degree of precision of your plot, in other words, if you have non-coincident points but with a deviation of less than 0.001 and which should not be joined, then test 0.0001 or less.
In theory we should be able to put a tolerance of 0, except that between conversions, deformations and other inaccuracies, it is possible that discrepancies are created between 2 points that are normally perfectly coincidental. This is why a value greater than 0 is safer.
