Special parts presentation

[lk]

Hello,

I often use special parts in AS models, for example: special bolts, pins, bearings, parts of piping . Usually I create them from AutoCAD solids saved as blocks. Unfortunately visibility of that kind of object in AS drawings is not perfect. All smooth objects are degradated to polygonal shapes. See the picture to see how it looks:

Is there any way to avoid that?

[muleman1]

maybe read thru these two threads and see if they may or may not help...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/advance-steel-general-discussion/special-part-doesnt-show-in-ga-dwg/td...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/advance-steel-general-discussion/creating-part-and-assembly-drawings-f...

[Anonymous]

As far as I know there is no way to make special parts look good. Printing special parts in Advance Steel needs to be improved. I use special parts a lot (mostly handrail posts) and they look terrible on the drawings (PDF's) I send to my clients. It looks very unprofessional.

John Stewart.