Show Hidden Lines

[ceapple]

In cad 2015, I set a new layer for a Hidden line and use DASHEDX2 line. The separation in line does not show up in paper or model space. I have adjusted LTSCALE, PSLTSCALE, MSLTSCALE with no luck. I also varied the linetype to see if one would work over the other. Any advice?

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

please upload the drawing with that lines/units-settings/layouts/... so we can see what's the all-situation.

Otherwise we play the guess and try game for some time 😉

- alfred -

[ceapple]

The lines I am trying to make hidden are the white lines. What additional information do you need?

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi.

>> The lines I am trying to make hidden are the white lines

I don't see, what linetype is assigned to the lines, if bylayer on which layer they are and what linetype is assinged to the layer, if that are lines or 2D-polylines or LW-polylines or 3D-polylines or any geometry else, if they are part of a blockreference, depending on setting of MSLTSCALE what annotation scale is set and thousands of properties more I can't see within your JPG file.

But maybe another one is able to find the reason within your JPG, I can't 😉

- alfred -

[ceapple]

I wasn't what file to upload other than a screen shot. I think by messing with the MSLTSCALE that fixed the problem. Thank you so much!

[nestly2 · Accepted solution]

Your screencap indicates you're in Modelspace with a scale of 1/4" = 1-0"

DASHEDX2 is not an appropriate linetype for a kitchen at 1/4" - 1'-0" because with an LTSCALE=1, the drawn line segments will be 4 feet long and the gaps 2 feet.  With those settings, there will be no gaps/breaks displayed unless the line is at least 6 feet long.

If you need further assistance, please upload a .dwg file so we may

[Kent1Cooper]

Another thing that might affect this is set by the VIEWRES command.  It may have a very low "circle zoom percent" value, and setting it to a higher value may fix it.  That part of VIEWRES is described in Help as being about the smoothness of curves [kinked into what look like line segments at low value, smoother curvature at high value], but at low-enough values it does also eliminate the gaps in non-continuous linetypes.  It only does so as a matter of on-screen resolution, so if the linework doesn't have the correct gaps in paper or model space on-screen, but plots with the correct gaps, this could be the problem.