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Text Mask Issue - diagonal line appears when creating a PDF

isaacdarowe — Thu, 11 May 2023 20:28:12 GMT

Does anyone know why a diagonal line would appear when creating a PDF? See example attached. It does not appear during the print preview or when printing directly to a printer/plotter.

The mask text is drawn over an imported PDF town map. Could that be the reason?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Re: Text Mask Issue - diagonal line appears when creating a PDF

pendean — Thu, 11 May 2023 21:02:02 GMT

Have you seen this https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/PDF-print-generates-random-lines-over-hatch-objects-in-AutoCAD.html

Re: Text Mask Issue - diagonal line appears when creating a PDF

isaacdarowe — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:23:31 GMT

Hi Pendean,

Thanks for this info. The third bullet point worked - changing PDF options to "lines merge" but it changed the color from red to a dark red (see example attached).

Does anyone have any ideas about this correction? Thanks!

Re: Text Mask Issue - diagonal line appears when creating a PDF

pendean — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:44:33 GMT

@isaacdarowe I suspect you'll need to test with other PDF drivers, and/or all the other "red" colors in AutoCAD to find one that pops the best visually, and/or perhaps assign heavier lineweights to your red lines (LWEIGHT command setting or a Plot Style Table assignment).

Re: Text Mask Issue - diagonal line appears when creating a PDF

isaacdarowe — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:08:46 GMT

Great thanks, I will give that a try.