Strange gray scale bar appears in prints

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure how to describe my issue or where to go to find answers so I thought I'd try this and see if anyone has had anything similar happen. I'm attaching a .pdf to show the problem as well, areas are clouded.

We have multiple computers, working on multiple projects, printing to multiple printers. We are seeing a small gray scale bar showing up randomly on our prints. It's not in the drawing, it doesn't even look like a drawing object. It shows up in random locations, no rhyme or reason. It's not on every sheet, it may show up one time and not the next, very inconsistent. At first I thought it was the printer, now it even does it if you print to pdf using the "DWG to PDF". I've tried to Google the problem but I'm not even sure what to to type in the search bar. If anyone has any ideas, I'm certainly open to hearing them! Thank you!

-J

[Jay_B]

If you print drawing A.dwg consecutive times, will it appear in the same location over and over, or never repeat in same place?

Have you tried window selection in general area in both Model and Layout?

Can you post a drawing that will print these?

You can strip out most of drawing before posting as long as the "scales" will plot.

[mathewkol · Accepted solution]

That could be the navbar thing.  Try turning off the navbar. NAVBARDISPLAY set to 0.  Print again and see.

[Anonymous]

Holy cow, it was the Nav Bar thing! I can't thank you enough! I've never heard of that before but it sure is nice to get an answer to such a vague problem! You are greatly appreciated!

[rkmcswain]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Holy cow, it was the Nav Bar thing!

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I've seen this too.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D/Plot-problem-in-Civil-3D-2014/td-p/3922519

[islandson]

This has been driving us batty for over a year!

[Anonymous]

Turn off NAVBARDISPLAY, set it to 0. No idea how this gets turned on.
Definitely drove me crazy trying to find out where it was coming from!



Jennifer L Nolen

Drafting Dept. Supervisor



Mickle Wagner Coleman Inc
3434 Country Club Ave
Fort Smith AR
479 649 8484
479 649 8486 Fax

jnolen@mwc-engr.com

[karengray2783]

I've turned off the NavBar and still having this issue.  How is this possible?  Is the NavBar a drawing setting or system setting?  I haven't gone to each drawing and I'm publishing sheet sets, so maybe I need to open each drawing to resolve this?  

[rkmcswain]

NAVBARDISPLAY is saved in the registry/profile so it shouldn't change back on it's own, unless there is a startup file turning it back on or something....

Also, what version of what product are you using? I recall seeing something in one of the service packs that is supposed to address this without having to even turn off the navbar.

[Anonymous]

I typed that command in and it shows up as an unknown command. Any other way I can fix this? My logo looks fine on PDF but when it prints, it has a gray thick line through it.

[Jay_B]

Which version are you using?

If you enter NAVBARDISPLAY  at the command line, it should return the following:

Command: NAVBARDISPLAY
Enter new value for NAVBARDISPLAY <0>:

[jkuh]

Unfortunately, I get "Unknown Command" when I enter NAVBARDISPLAY.  I'm using AutoCAD for Mac 2016.  Anyone have any ideas?  I'm pretty sure this is the issue I'm having but I can't solve it without that command!

[user181]

I don't have the MAC version but have you tried NAVBAR at command line and turn it off?

[jkuh]

unfortunately NAVBAR is also an unknown command...