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Paperspace Print Issue

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Message 1 of 11
shinysingh
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Paperspace Print Issue

Hello There,

 

just a quick question.. is there anyway i can print my dwg. with white polylines.. even though my paperspace is in black color??

i have a google map as xref image and i drew bunch of white polylines showing the street... but when i convert the dwg to PDF or print it, those white polylines change to black lines.... How do i fix that?? and i am using Autocad 2012 Version.

 

An immediate assistance would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Shiny

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Message 2 of 11
tcorey
in reply to: shinysingh

Set the color of the polylines not to AutoCAD color 7, but to RGB 255,255,255.

 

 



Tim Corey
MicroCAD Training and Consulting, Inc.
Redding, CA
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Message 3 of 11
shinysingh
in reply to: tcorey

i just changed the layer to 255.. but for some reason, it's still showing the black color when i print preview???

Message 4 of 11
tcorey
in reply to: shinysingh

Is color for objects set to Bylayer? Did you set the layer to AutoCAD Color 255 or True Color 255,255,255? 



Tim Corey
MicroCAD Training and Consulting, Inc.
Redding, CA
Autodesk Gold Reseller

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Message 5 of 11
AllenJessup
in reply to: shinysingh

If by White you mean nothing printed on a white background. You can set a color in a CTB to 0% shading and set the lines or layer to that color. That will yield white lines or text on an aerial.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 6 of 11
shinysingh
in reply to: tcorey

what do you mean by 'ByLayer'????

and i went to layers.. selected the appropriate layer and changed its true color to RGB 255,255,255...

 

but, i am still getting those black lines when i do print previe...

 

Message 7 of 11
shinysingh
in reply to: AllenJessup

No, allen

by white, i mean to say i have one layer with white color and i have changed its true color to RGB 255,255,255.

But, when i select the plotter as DWG to PDF.. and preview my dwg.. those white lines change to Black color lines...

i dunno how to fix that????

Message 8 of 11
tcorey
in reply to: shinysingh


@shinysingh wrote:

what do you mean by 'ByLayer'????

 

 


Pick the objects, go to Properties and look at the color. What does it say? If it says Bylayer, these objects take on the color of the layer. If set to anything else, the layer color makes no difference. If the objects are set to White, you would not notice that their color does not change when you change the layer to 255,255,255.



Tim Corey
MicroCAD Training and Consulting, Inc.
Redding, CA
Autodesk Gold Reseller

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. -- Kurt Vonnegut
Message 9 of 11
troma
in reply to: tcorey

On top of what Tim said, you should also check that you don't have viewport layer overrides, which could set the layer to display a different colour in the viewport than it does in model space, or different in paperspace than the modelspace colour.  Check if it is highlighted in blue in the layer dialogue, or type VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE.


Mark Green

Working on Civil 3D in Canada

Message 10 of 11

I agree with Allen.  I think that's what you're looking for.

 

Go to your plot style table,  pick a color (I use 100), change the screening to 0, save the changes to your table, then change the color of the lines you drew over the aerial to new color (100, or whatever you picked).  It should plot white. 

 

Good luck,

Rand 

Message 11 of 11
AllenJessup
in reply to: shinysingh

Does your plotter have a white cartridge? Usually white is produced by not having any ink on the white paper. While mixing colors to produce white is theoretically possible, I don't think most plotters could handle that. I've often used the 0% shading to produce "white" text on an aerial background. The only reason that this would not work is if you had your pens set to Merge.

 

Allen



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

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