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help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:10:08 GMT

hello all

well i have this problem today after i finished my project i tried to plot it so the dash lines didn't appear as they suppose to

here is an example

any advice please iam already late with the project and now iam too confused what shall i do

and iam struggling with the font too some times i just cant make it bigger though the dimensions

and also another problem when trying to plot this Schedule to pdf it appears like that

well i know its not a professional work but i am a beginner

thanks in advance

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

SeeMSixty7 — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:31:33 GMT

Couple of things to quickly check.

Are the lines on a layer that is set to no Plot? Check the layer manager and check the regular setting and also check it for any viewports you may be using.

Next place would be to check the plot configuration and make sure the color for those lines does in fact have a pen assignment and is not configured in a way that it plots nothing.

Good luck,

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

imadHabash — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:37:28 GMT

Hi and Welcome to AutoDesk Forum,

regarding your first issue and IF you plot from Layout yo have to go inside the viewport and change PSLTSCLAE system variable then REGEN while you are in the VP . and the second problem check your lines layer status from LAYER MANAGER that these lines are not exist on unprintable layer like Defpoints layer.

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

john.vellek — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:43:20 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

As others have mentioned, you need to check to see if Paper Space Linetype scaling is turned on. Here is the Help on the command.

If you want to attach your file to a post I would be happy to take a look at it for you.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:54:54 GMT

appreciate that here is the file

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

john.vellek — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 21:06:22 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

When I reset your ltscale to 1 and kept your psltscale turned on, the linetypes show up properly in paper space.

The lighter colored lines in your table are defined that way in the Table style. If I change the style of the table to Standard everything displays properly.

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Patchy — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 21:06:57 GMT

You plot using MODEL SPACE? there isn't any .pc3 that I can see, you need to make one.

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 21:28:13 GMT

can u tell me pls how can i make it as u did previously

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Patchy — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 21:50:33 GMT

When the plot dialog box pops up, the left one is the plotter, the right one is the pen table.

Use Properties for the left to config the paper sizes, rotation etc...

The right one, eidt it or use STANDARD that autodesk already made for you.

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:04:23 GMT

i tried it a lot

here is the sitting i use usually and a preview

and that's the result

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 07:40:24 GMT

Dear Mr. Secur

Please find the attached video for the clarification.

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

john.vellek — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:09:09 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I am checking back to see if my post or others helped you with your problem. I see in the screenshot of your plot window, you do not have a plot style (top right) which is how you can control the color, screening, and line weights in your plotted file.

Please add a post with how you decide to proceed and your results so other Community members may benefit.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if a post or posts fully solved your issue or answered your question.

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 21:24:11 GMT

Hi @john.vellek

thanks for your interest , and i would like to thank every one replied and tried to help me

sadly non of the previous solutions worked i made literally as every one said but no thing worked

so i made a small trick i changed the objects color to Black and i got this result :

Re: help with dash lines they are not appear when plotting

john.vellek — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 21:26:34 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I am glad that worked for you. I suggest that for the future, you do explore the plot style tables that are user defined to control all of the plot settings for color, screening and line weights. Please let me know if you need additional assistance, resources or anything else.