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arcs converted to line segments during gerber export

So I'm using Allegro 17.2 and have a contoured board outline with several arcs, some that are more of a small radius and others that are a long gentle. I'm trying to create my gerbers but when I do a number of the arcs become straight lines, totally messing up my design. Any help would be appreciated. I've attached a screenshot of the board design (left) next to the gerber export (right).

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tracemhos over 9 years ago

Well, just got it solved after a suggestion from my mechanical engineer - the arcs had a radius >99mm but my gerber parameters only had 2 integer places which caused the arc radius to become truncated. This apparently caused allegro to throw out the arc completely and replacing it with a straight line. Hopefully this helps anyone else who runs into the same issue!
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tracemhos over 9 years ago

Well, just got it solved after a suggestion from my mechanical engineer - the arcs had a radius >99mm but my gerber parameters only had 2 integer places which caused the arc radius to become truncated. This apparently caused allegro to throw out the arc completely and replacing it with a straight line. Hopefully this helps anyone else who runs into the same issue!
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