line to curve

I used to beta test and work with the programmers at Gerber Scientific that made the Omega software that drove all of their plotters, printers, and CNC routers. And, I used their programs for decades, learning it in and out. I would always tell them things I needed the software to do, and if it seemed worthwhile, was always impressed that they not only added the feature but took it a lot farther. The Make Curve feature was in the program almost from the beginning and I used it almost every day, and I am sure that if people here saw it in action, they'd want it. This is much the same as the question I asked the other day about a simple repeat feature that program has, but seems much more klunky in Illustrator. Another example is the way they did outlines (offest path). The original set of shapes were grouped when the outlines were produced, and all of the resulting outlines were created in a seperate group. Double clicking on the outline brought up the original outline commands, allowing me to make a change and redo it. At least at my developmental stage of learning Illustrator 2022, it appears you have to play tricks with Illustrator to get there. 

As long as Illustrator has been around, and with all of its power, some basic features I took for granted are missing. Conversely, Illustrator has a ton of features that I never dreamed of back then, and would have loved to have them in the Omega software. 

I've found it interesting that the Illustrator Design team doesn't comminicate more with the Photoshop Design team more than they do. Photoshop has "scrubby sliders" all over the place, where Illustrator lacks them, yet Illustrator will let you use the up and down arrows in place of the scrubby sliders. On balance, I think I prefer the Illustrator version. 

Thanks again for all of the help and suggestions. I tried the simplify command some last night and it might do the job of stripping out the overlapping points. 

Mike Jackson, Jackson Hole, WY

Brad,

No doubt, that may be a very good idea.

But what would you recommend in case you already have to process files with (possibly many) given objects that are not going to be created from the ground up again?

Hopefully, the file will open. In the other software, I simply selected any or all of the line segments at the end of the spokes, and with one "make curve" command, created the perfectly rouned ends. I don't know if Illustrator will do this?

If I were to do the Widget thing, the results give me stacked points at the high point of the curve, and it shortens the strokes of the spokes. 

Mike...my second example illustrates what you are saying, BUT if I drag the widgets all the way in, it creates a curve with two stacked points. See the example. This is not the solution I need. Thanks!