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Dashed lines issues

milianjr — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:49:05 GMT

Dashed lines in Model space are shown as continuous when I zoom out of the drawings and zoom back in. After that I have to reset the scale with LTSCALE from 1 to 1.1 and do this back and forth every time it changes. Any help is very appreciated.

Re: Dashed lines issues

TomBeauford — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:53:28 GMT

Just enter RE at the command line to REGEN the drawing to reset the display.

Re: Dashed lines issues

milianjr — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:05:36 GMT

That saves me changing the scale, thank you! but on the main issue, how can the it be prevented from happening at all?

Re: Dashed lines issues

Kent1Cooper — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:05:36 GMT

@TomBeauford wrote:

... RE at the command line to REGEN ....

If that fixes the display of noncontinuous linetypes for you, you will need to do that far less often if you use the VIEWRES command [answer "Yes" to the question] to set the circle zoom percentage value to a higher number -- may as well go all the way to the maximum 20000.

Re: Dashed lines issues

vinodkl — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:11:44 GMT

Hello @milianjr

Seems to be like a graphic issue. In the command line type in the command "3DCONFIG" and try turning it "on" if its turned off and see if that resolves the issue 🙂

Re: Dashed lines issues

milianjr — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:16:47 GMT

Hello @vinodkl,

The Hardware Acceleration was already turned on. I don't know if this helps, the Video Card is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super with Max-Q Design, and the 2D Display Settings is in "Advanced Mode". This is information shown on the same window from "3DCONFIG". Thank you for the help.

Re: Dashed lines issues

vinodkl — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:22:02 GMT

Hello @milianjr

Hmm. Do you have the same issue in other drawings as well?

Also I don't see the graphic card which you are using in the list of certified graphic to be used with AutoCAD 2023.

Re: Dashed lines issues

milianjr — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:38:42 GMT

Yes, it happens on all drawings.

Re: Dashed lines issues

vinodkl — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:42:20 GMT

Hello @milianjr

If possible can you share us your drawing so that we can test it from our end? Also it would be helpful if you could share the screen recording of what you are seeing to know more about that situation 🙂

Re: Dashed lines issues

milianjr — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:51:41 GMT

Thank you for the help @vinodkl . Here's the link to the file: https://www.dropbox.com/t/2XO8ZO9HKqg2xzyH

And here are some screenshots of the issue. Before zooming out:

After zooming out:

Re: Dashed lines issues

Valentin_CAD — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:11:11 GMT

@milianjr ,

MSLTSCALE and PSLTSCALE should be set to 1 - try this link:

How to manage linetype scale system variables (MSLTSCALE and PSLTSCALE) in AutoCAD

or these other suggestions:

Re: Dashed lines issues

milianjr — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:02:06 GMT

Thank you @Valentin_CAD. I tried switching "MSLTCALE "from "1" to "0" and vice versa but it did not solve the issue.

Re: Dashed lines issues

vinodkl — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:28:25 GMT

Hello @milianjr

Try the attached drawing. I have set the layers of the dashed lines inside of the block to layer "0" and then set the layer of the dashed line block in workspace to "GT ROOF". See if this drawings works as you expected.

Also just wanted to know on which version of AutoCAD are you working and is it updated with the latest release. Check the graphic driver also if its updated to latest release.

Re: Dashed lines issues

milianjr — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:33:58 GMT

Hello, It seems like it's a problem on my end, maybe something with the video card. I should be replacing the laptop soon, I will come back if changing it does not fix the issue. I'm greatly thankful for the help.