Repeating units

[tschmath]

I'm working on a project that will be 36" in circumference. I'd like to have 72 segments, but the software only allows me to have 40 units. It's there a way to override that limitation?

Regardless of the number of segments, when I'm in the radial view, how do I calculate the cut angle? Is it simply, say, 360/40, or do I then have to take half of that?

 

[mfisher]

I'm working on a project that will be 36" in circumference. I'd like to have 72 segments, but the software only allows me to have 40 units. It's there a way to override that limitation?

The limit is 40. There is no way to override.
Repeating Unit setting is used in calculation for the material needed. If you're doing 72 segments, you could set the RP to 36.
Knowing that is for half of the material needed.

Regardless of the number of segments, when I'm in the radial view, how do I calculate the cut angle? Is it simply, say, 360/40, or do I then have to take half of that?

Lloyd would give a better explanation. What I got from LP Help is where radial cuts are made. It does not talk about th angle.

Radial cut locations - radial cut locations are always cut through the top/bottom center of the board on the borders of either a FULL or Half repeating unit. ·Radial cut offset - the radial cut locations can be shifted to the left (or right) by one strip. ·Top and bottom radial segments - depending on the symmetry of the board to be cut, the top segments will all have a different pattern than the bottom segments.

Looking at the information you provided I came up with the following:


- 72 segment ring with an OD of 36" has a Segment Edge Length (SEL) of 1.57".
- In LP you want the Repeating Unit to be as close as possible to the SEL, so
1.57 SEL / 2 = 0.785 which would be the first cut width for the repeating unit of 1.57
In LP setting the first cut width to 13/16 or repeating unit of 1.62) which is slightly larger the SEL in WTP.
It better for the Repeating Unit to be slightly larger than smaller the SEL of the ring.