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Custom Linetype Doesn't Plot Right

MByrneX6FAZ — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:46:03 GMT

I created a custom line type in the default acad.lin file. It looks how I want it when I am in AutoCAD (see the light blue dashed line in image 1), but when I plot it looks like image 2 where the dashes are no longer nice rectangles.

This is what I added to the acad.lin file:

*COMMDASH,dashed _ _
A,0.2,-0.2,0.2,-0.2

Any idea why it is doing this?

Re: Custom Linetype Doesn't Plot Right

pendean — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:43:50 GMT

Which PDF driver did you use, what are the dpi settings and paper size and scale, and what plot settings did you use? Your post only covers one end of a much larger process and choices that need to be made.

And did you try a different PDF driver(s) and different plot settings?

And which PDF viewer are you using too? And did you try another?

Re: Custom Linetype Doesn't Plot Right

MByrneX6FAZ — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:25:14 GMT

Here are my plot settings:

I have tried using a different PDF driver and different PDF viewers but that didn't fix it.

Re: Custom Linetype Doesn't Plot Right

paullimapa — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:26:41 GMT

Could you share that dwg with just those two lines in the same layout as well as your ctb/stb plot style table file for others to test here?

Re: Custom Linetype Doesn't Plot Right

Valentin_CAD — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:42:19 GMT

@MByrneX6FAZ ,

Check this link:

Linetypes do not plot or publish correctly from AutoCAD (autodesk.com)