topic Re: Paperspace viewport layer color override not taking for arc's in AutoCAD Forum

Paperspace viewport layer color override not taking for arc's

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:04:02 GMT

I have a simple boundary survey consisting of lines and arcs that are on a model space layer color of blue.

All lines and arcs are set to ByLayer.

When I go to one of my layout tabs, and click inside the viewport, then bring up my layer properties manager, and I change

the VP layer color for my boundary survey layer to green, my boundary line work all changes to green except for the arcs,

they stay blue.

Anyone know why the arcs are not changing color?

This does not happen on all drawings just some here and there.

Also if I go to another co-workers machine and call up the same drawing, the line work VP layer colors will show correctly

all green. (co-workers machine is the same exact machine as mine, hardware and software).

Note: when I plot my layout Tab, it plots correctly, as if the color is green, not blue that is showing on the screen.

Anyone have any ideas?

Re: Paperspace viewport layer color override not taking for arc's

pendean — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:35:25 GMT

Arcs have always had issues in AutoCAD, it's not new to 2016. You can easily replcate the problem in any AutoCAD year-version by setting the pagesetup to a 'monochrome' plot style table and setting the tab to 'display plot styles'.

You can't fix that issue yet: maybe in R2017-2025?

Re: Paperspace viewport layer color override not taking for arc's

jggerth — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:39:19 GMT

Need more info -- like Acad version, service packs, hardware specs, OS, etc. And make sure that all connection are tight -( video card to mother board, cable to monitor(s) )

At a guess though, verify that the video driver is exactly the same. If so, verify that the Sysvars on each machine are the same. (you can use Express Tools to dump a text listing from each machine)

And, try changing WHIPARC to 0

Re: Paperspace viewport layer color override not taking for arc's

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:49:25 GMT

Thanks JGerth, Setting whiparc=0 resulted with the VP colors showing correctly.

Now I just have to see what is more important to me, correct colors or smooth circles and arcs.