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    AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

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    geofriendly
    Posts: 22
    Registered: ‎08-11-2011
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    lines not plotting as thick as I'd like

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    08-23-2011 09:34 AM

    Hello.  I'm running AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 but this problem is really specific to AC.  I had a lovely plot of some pdfs with contour lines.  I had used the color 130 and the lineweight .20   Things were just dandy on Saturday and I sent a few out.  Yesterday, on the otherhand and still today, this lineweight just doesn't have the"weight" it once had.  It is faded and doesn't have the punch it had to make my drawing look so great.  I've tried "bringing object to front" (it is an xref). I've tried sending other objects to back.  I know it's something simple...any ideas? 

     

     

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    ToanDN
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    Registered: ‎09-26-2006

    Re: lines not plotting as thick as I'd like

    08-23-2011 10:57 AM in reply to: geofriendly

    Are you sure you are using the same plot style?

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    geofriendly
    Posts: 22
    Registered: ‎08-11-2011

    Re: lines not plotting as thick as I'd like

    08-23-2011 11:20 AM in reply to: ToanDN

    I like the way you think...I didn't think I had changed anything, but, as a new user, I fear I sometimes move too fast.  My coworker and I have looked at the plot styles and they seem "correct."  Also, other lines with heavier lineweights are plotting fine. (Even ones from the same x-ref!).  We're changing the color to pink and calling it good.  It's a thin line - but it is somewhat visible.  Thanks for your help anyhow...

     

     

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    GrantsPirate
    Posts: 1,261
    Registered: ‎08-15-2008

    Re: lines not plotting as thick as I'd like

    08-23-2011 05:35 PM in reply to: geofriendly

    If plotting from PS, did you check off "scale linetypes" and before that wasn't checked?

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    kodiak322009
    Posts: 8
    Registered: ‎08-25-2011

    Re: lines not plotting as thick as I'd like

    08-25-2011 04:55 PM in reply to: geofriendly

    In the command line type ltscale and vhange the line type scale to a bigger size and if you are using a scaled title block the ltscale should be 3/4 of your scale factor

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