Hi, I agree with Andrew it would be helpful to have some example design file. The main question is I guess clear, but what is not clear is how your design file is created and it can affect what tools and workflows can be used. [quote user="0000jz"]I have shapes made of multiple line and arc segments. [/quote] MicroStation shape element cannot contain arcs. Are your "shapes" created using Complex Shape element or are the segments indendent elements? [quote user="0000jz"]The Facet Curve tool is inadequate. There doesn't seem to be a way to have the degree of curvature be the factor which sets the line segment length. [/quote] Did you try to use "Max. Chord Height" mode? It's not about the arc curvature, but because max. error (distance between original curve and a new element) is fixed, not number of elements or length of elements, this mode is able to adapt to arc curvature flexibly. [quote user="0000jz"]I need to eliminate all arcs from these shapes, converting them to line segments.[/quote] In the first step you should define the rules how the arcs will be linearized. It can be done by a number of ways and there is no generally correct solution. Usually the rules are defined based on how data will be used and what conditions have to be fulfilled. [quote user="0000jz"]I thought maybe there was an answer in dropping the linestyle[/quote] That's not clear how a line style relates to faceting of curved elements. The example file can help to explain it. With regards, Jan
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