Wipeout

[david1960]

I have been using the wipeout command and freezing the frame. When I do a plot preview it looks okay. But when I go to plot the wipeout area grayed. How do I turn off this graying of the wipeout area?

[civman_daar]

Instead of freezing the layer, turn " tframes " off.

[david1960]

That is what I meant to say I turned of the frame. Is there a setting under options would cause the wideout area to be grayed?

[Sinc]

Are you printing directly to a printer?




The only issue like that I've seen involves using a DWF underlay. The DWF underlays have settings for "Contrast" and "Fade", and by default, these are set to Contrast=75 and Fade=25. One or both of these settings causes wipeouts to print grey - I think it's the Contrast setting. By changing the Contrast to 100, wipeouts will mask completely again.




That's the only time I've ever seen wipeouts print grey.


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[david1960]

No we are not sending directly to a plotter we are making plot files and sending then out to be plotted. Like you I have never seen this.

[AllenJessup]

I can't say why this is happening. It may be a problem with the plotter driver. See if there is an update.

A a workaround I would suggest setting a color or plot style to a 0% shading and assigning that color or plot style to the wipeout frames.

Allen

[AllenJessup]

I can't say why this is happening. It may be a problem with the plotter driver. See if there is an update.

A a workaround I would suggest setting a color or plot style to a 0% shading and assigning that color or plot style to the wipeout frames.

Allen

[cstringer80]

Are you using Adobe and making PDFs? I've noticed Adobe and some other PDF type writers can't handle CAD and Wipeouts. We fixed the problem by purchasing BlueBeam PDF writer. I think you can download a free trial to get stuff out the door right away.

[david1960]

We are creating PLT files but I will try BlueBeam, Thanks

David

[Sinc]

You could also try the route Autodesk wants us to use, and try sending out DWF files to be printed. Or you might get a "What's a DWF?" response from your printing company. But it might work.



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