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Smooth Path

Path smoothing reduces jagged edges and sharp transitions in your cutting paths, resulting in cleaner curves and smoother machine motion.

How It Works​

Smoothing applies a filter to your path geometry that rounds off angular corners and smooths out rough edges. The laser follows a gentler trajectory instead of making abrupt direction changes.

Settings​

Enable Smoothing​

Toggle smoothing on or off for this operation. Smoothing is disabled by default.

Smoothness​

Controls how much the path is smoothed (0-100). Higher values produce rounder curves but may deviate more from the original path.

  • Low (0-30): Minimal smoothing, preserves sharp details
  • Medium (30-60): Balanced smoothing for most designs
  • High (60-100): Aggressive smoothing, best for organic shapes

Corner Angle Threshold​

Angles sharper than this value are preserved as corners rather than smoothed (0-179 degrees). This prevents important sharp features from being rounded.

  • Lower values: More corners are smoothed, rounder result
  • Higher values: More corners are preserved, sharper result

When to Use Smoothing​

Good for:

  • Designs imported from pixel-based sources with stair-stepping
  • Reducing mechanical stress on rapid direction changes
  • Improving cut quality on curves
  • Designs with many small line segments

Not needed for:

  • Clean vector artwork with smooth bezier curves
  • Designs where sharp corners must be preserved exactly
  • Technical drawings requiring precise geometry