Linetypes not printing properly

[jlawrence]

A colleague is having an issue where a dashed line which displays properly in model and paper space will print only as a solid line. We have tried "0" and "1" as the PSLTSCALE and MSLTSCALE variables and also have changed the linetype scale itself to no avail. Are we missing another variable somewhere that need to be adjusted?

Thanks for any help  🙂

[Sinc]

Typical usage is to set MSLTSCALE = 1, PSLTSCALE =1, and LTSCALE = 1 or LTSCALE = 0.5.

[Sinc]

Oh, if it's already displaying correctly in both modelspace and paperspace, then you may need to check the Plot Styles, and make sure the linetypes are set to "Use object linetype".

[OMCUSNR]

This happen in all drawings, or just one?

[jlawrence]

I think just this one drawing, but it's not mine so I'm not sure. I will check out the other solutions--maybe the plot style is wrong.

THANKS!

[jlawrence]

We typically have our plot style set so I don't even think to check this. So simple and yet--Voila!!!

Thanks a bunch, this is a good thing to remember.

🙂

[OMCUSNR]

Ahhh - but how did it get changed in this drawing?

Check your DWT that you start drawings with to make sure it's set properly for all future starts.

Reid

[jlawrence]

Hmmm, not sure, but I think he got the original drawing and plot file from an outside contractor before he started making all the revisions. Yup, definitely something to keep aware of!

[khoshravan]

I have the same problem.

I use AutoCAD 2010

I want to check my PlotStyles. Where can I do this?

I checked: options|Plot and Publish tab, but Icouldn't find : " linetypes are set to "Use object linetype" "

[pataylor]

I have the opposite issue, my lines are set to be solid but are plotting as dotted lines when I use grayscale. I checked all the previously noted settings and they are all correct, I also have linetypes set to use object linetype. If I use black/white, the lines are solid but are far too thick/dark. Is there a way to get them solid on grayscale?

[vaughan.giles7AGEV]

2020 here - same issue. Believe it to be C3D related.

Try Exploding / outputting to AutoCAD for referencing into your sheets, seems to solve the issue. 

*Yes, this is a work-around, but with SOMANY errors in-built to work around, I don't think there will ever be a proper fix that doesn't require a work-around!