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Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:46:24 GMT

... and possibly to printer, but unable to test.

Look closely at the (longer) pipe runs. The edges are intermittent!

The object in question is a 3D solid. As may be seen in the screenshot, the pipe looks fine in pspace.

(I've already checked: this is not a discontinuous linetype set to a bizarrely large scale. Also played with various plot styles & settings).

Re: Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

Patchy — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:00:26 GMT

Are you still using Mac? most of your posts were in Mac forum.

Re: Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:44:59 GMT

Hm, yes.

I suppose, in my hurry to post, I did not consider that this was a thing Mac would do that Windows could not.

Should I just copy-and-paste it there? —or may we move it?

Re: Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

maxim_k — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:59:05 GMT

Hi JOSHUA,

The result that you get in PDF is expected as you use in the viewport Visual style other then 2D Wireframe. In this case AutoCAD export viewport contents to PDF as raster image.
The same result you will get in AutoCAD for Windows.

Re: Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

maxim_k — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:13:32 GMT

You may try to increase Raster image resolution in AutoCAD PDF printer:

(see attached)

it should be better, but the result still will not be ideal.

Re: Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:02:20 GMT

Thank you!

Upping both to 4800 pixels must have done something, because now it takes a full 20 seconds to generate the PDF preview. The edges in question, however, are still missing.

Maybe I am going about this wrong. Once I have created a model which I am happy with, and want to share a particular with a client, what is the best way to export? Take a screenshot? Invite them over for tea?

Re: Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

pendean — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:15:02 GMT

Might be time to post your DWG file for others to try.... .

Re: Distorted 3D (ORTHO) view when plotting to PDF

maxim_k — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:00:12 GMT

As I wrote before, "the result still will not be ideal". And it is "as designed".
If you need shaded (rendered) high quality view, you may also try to create hi-res rendering here:

https://gallery.autodesk.com/a360rendering