topic Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF in AutoCAD LT Forum

Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2020 16:02:46 GMT

Poly lines show up fine in model space, and in paper space. However, when I plot to a PDF the line weights disappear in the PDF. Also, Hatch boundaries turn render blocky (similar to a pixel), and are not smooth and continuous as in model space.

I have done the following:

Fillmode is 1
Layout Vport is not hidden
VSCurrent is 2dwire
UCS World & PLAN

Also, one of my layers is plotting the polyline width, however the others are not. I have checked the properties, and the line weight is set to By Layer.

Thanks

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

pendean — Thu, 07 May 2020 16:16:08 GMT

Are your PLINEs on noplot layers?
Plot style table selection is incorrect overall?
LWEIGHT setting too heavy for the one PLINE width?

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2020 20:59:10 GMT

The poly lines are on plottable layers, the plot style table in correct I believe, and have selected different options from the plot manager prompt. The line weights are set to default per layer manager.

Its odd because some of the p-lines will plot with a width, however the others do not. Also, the hatching on the turn arrows is not smooth and continuous (solid), it is blocky.

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

pendean — Fri, 08 May 2020 00:23:29 GMT

Can you share you actual DWG file?

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

Anonymous — Fri, 08 May 2020 20:31:50 GMT

Attached is the drawing file with the pertinent layers included.

Thank you for looking at this for me.

Nathan

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

pendean — Fri, 08 May 2020 21:50:05 GMT

Thanks for the DWG file: what I see in your file with your chosen PDF driver is what I see plotting out here (see #1), what exactly is missing?

I did notice you have layer 0 frozen and off, always a bad idea in AutoCAD: changing it though make no difference (see #2).

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

cadffm — Fri, 08 May 2020 22:11:22 GMT

@Anonymous

~750 plines with Startwidth /=0
and there are more of them, nested in ARRAY objects.

Most of them with a width of 0.5 Units.

You plot with a scaling factor 0.00230602 (your viewport)

0.5 width scaled by 0.00230602 viewport-scale = 0.001153301 Units/Inch, incredible small, or?

to smal for the PDF resolution and very very to small for a printer.

Another thing, offtopic:

Why you have so much "doubled lines" ? "all" Lines&Arcs are double

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:48:23 GMT

Pendean,

That is what I am seeing with the PDF's. Issues with printing/plotting

1) Hatch for turn arrows show up blocky (zoom into the plotted PDF)

2) Pavement lane markings are showing up as lines and not poly-lines with a width.

* However, Polylines with a width of 0.5 do not show up with a width

* Polylines for crosswalks show up with a width, their drawing width is 1.25, or 1.5 model space)

3) The duplicate lines per area layout were wiped out with command OVERKILL.

Note: Only layers of concern are labeled starting with. PVMT-MARKINGS

Thanks for the help. Obviously I am not an advanced AutoCAD user, and trying to learn more to become a proficient drafter.

Nathan

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:55:51 GMT

Sebastian,

What is odd about this plot:

1) The hatched turn signals do not show up smooth, but rather blocky.

* zoom into pavement markings for further detail.

2) Some polylines for pavement markings show up with their respective width, and others do not.

* See cross walks.

3) Only layers of concern are the layers labels (PVMT MARKINGS).

Nathan

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

cadffm — Mon, 11 May 2020 16:02:08 GMT

@Anonymous schrieb:

Sebastian,

What is odd about this plot:

1) The hatched turn signals do not show up smooth, but rather blocky.

* zoom into pavement markings for further detail.

   Is a question of resolution. See my example Layout with a detail-viewport.

2) Some polylines for pavement markings show up with their respective width, and others do not.

* See cross walks.

     Because they are widther. By this resolution the width comes out by width 0.9-1.0 and higher.

     Check out my sample where i copied some Plines, I changed the width to 0.6-0.9 and only 0.9 and more will display well.

3) Only layers of concern are the layers labels (PVMT MARKINGS).

   Sorry, i don't understand this.

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

cadffm — Mon, 11 May 2020 17:00:41 GMT

forgotten.

Re: Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2020 18:22:16 GMT

Thank you for the help solving this issue. I appreciate you taking your time and effort to help me out!

Nathan