topic Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot in AutoCAD Forum

Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

BarryBinns — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:50:57 GMT

Hi all, I am sorry if this already been asked and answered but I have not found a solution to my specific issue in these forums that works for my instance. I have a very simple dynamic window block (enclosed) that has a wipeout to hide the walls below it, it works (displays) just fine in the model and paperspace but not in any form during plot or print or publish. It does not wipeout the walls in a printout - no matter form - period. I have used "draworder" and all instances are set to "bring to front" where they occur in the drawing, I have tried the wipeoutframe settings all settings and cannot get this to wipeout the wall below when I plot or print or publish. I'm sure the fix is simple - it always is with me but I usually cannot see the forest for the trees. Please help!!!

Thank you very much for your help.

Barry

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

pendean — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:20:23 GMT

You have your wipeout on a NOPLOT layer: that means AutoCAD is beng asked to never consider it when plotting. Wipeouts need to be plotted, they are not blank, they are a 'color'.

In your sample, your wipeout is also behind the wall, not in front of it (unless I'm looking at it upside down).

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

BarryBinns — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:25:46 GMT

Thank you Dean for setting me straight - I am new to the use of wipeout and was pulling what I have left of my hair out. And, yes, my wipeout was set behind (regardless of what I said in my post). 4 eyes are better than 2. Thank you

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

gustavobernardi — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:45:43 GMT

I'm having trouble printing the wipeouts just with "DWG to PDF" printer in AutoCAD 2018. If I use another PDF printer no problem.

Specially if the wipeout has many vertex.

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:47:24 GMT

I am having an issue with this as well. I have found that making smaller wipeouts will work, but with the number of parts we have, recreating wipeouts is not an option. I have attached an example block.

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

EricStiles — Fri, 10 May 2019 23:40:50 GMT

I having the same issue with the DWG To PDF.pc3 driver. Besides going to a different PDF driver, does anyone have a work around? Or has there been a hotfix?

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

gustavobernardi — Sat, 11 May 2019 00:26:24 GMT

Unfortunately the problem still happening.

Furthermore I realized that the same ocuurs using the AutoCAD "DWF printer".

Until now, my solution is to explode the masks and recreate the polyline (join command), then using the Wipeout via selecting PL.

You also can use some applications for reducing the number of polyline points before re-converting to Wipeout.

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

jesse99moreno — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:07:09 GMT

WIPEOUTFRAME (it is a system variable that will either show and plot a wipeout frame or not)

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

gustavobernardi — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:28:25 GMT

This is not the case. In my case is for some wipeouts (not for all of them) and just on AutoCAD 2018 and using the Autocad embeded printers (dwg to pdf / dwf6 eplot).

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

BarryBinns — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:25:05 GMT

Please check to see if your wipeout is drawn on a non-plotting layer.

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:24:21 GMT

I've experienced this problem as well. What is interesting is that it definitely relates to the complexity of the wipe out. I use wipeouts in my detail, elevation, and section symbol blocks. No issue there. But when I introduced a block of a scale figure to the drawing the wipeouts for it failed on print. My work around: replace the wipeout in the scale figure block with a solid BG hatch color. Maybe this work around can help some of you out there.

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

DavidDillonJr — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:27:12 GMT

@gustavobernardi are you using CTB or STB printing?

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

abarr — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:02:18 GMT

what would we do without you, Dean! Thanks for another solution!

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

dva — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:36:39 GMT

Hi all, I found a solution to the same problem, The wipeout where not hiding objects in the print. The problem was that one wipeout segment where ovelapping onother segment of the same wipeout. So the wipeout lines have not to intersect but also not overlap.

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

mc5fan — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:59:51 GMT

The DV453 device, inside the rev cloud always plots like there is no wipeout. Nothing mentioned here has made it hide the din rail underneath it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Maybe AutocCAD itself has a problem???

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

murat_uzunhanH8N7U — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 06:34:54 GMT

Thank you very much for your solution.
We get the result when we draw in the new layer (for example NOPLOT) and make “wipeoutframe” 0.

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

muh_farhansaputra02 — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:33:34 GMT

this is why i hate autocad so much theres so many of problem and many hours u spend just to fix it

Re: Wipeout does not wipeout in Plot

pendean — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:18:06 GMT

@muh_farhansaputra02 wrote:
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