Parabolic curve

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RDudman
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Parabolic curve

Post by RDudman » Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:37 pm

My name is Richard Dudman, I am using QCad version 3.26.2.0 on a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro (MacOs 10.15.7).
I have a Cricut Maker machine and am interested in making solar parabolic trough collectors out of corrugated cardboard and I need to generate a parabolic curve and export it in SVG format.Is QCad able to do this and how do I accomplish this?

Thanks,
Richard

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andrew
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Re: Parabolic curve

Post by andrew » Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:56 pm

Yes, you could use a script to plot the curve (as polyline or spline).

Similar as in this example:
https://qcad.org/en/tutorial-running-sc ... rom-a-file

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