Bone figures appear on drawing after exporting to PDF

Bone figures appear on drawing after exporting to PDF

jacquelineMKHEV
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Bone figures appear on drawing after exporting to PDF

jacquelineMKHEV
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Hi there, 

 

I'm working on a 2D drawing that displays a floor layout. When exporting to PDF, there are bone figures that come up that aren't on the drawing. Does anyone know how to remove them? 

 

First Screenshot: Drawing as it appears on AutoCAD 

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Second screenshot: Drawing as it appears after exporting to PDF. 

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(I have AutoCAD 2022 software) 

 

Thank you!

 

 

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jrreid
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Pen Weight is the issue. Inside AutoCAD MS or PS it appears like a normal line thickness. But when you plot to a plotter or PDF file the thick lines appear or in this case Bone Figures. I like that term.

 

The window glass (or the line in the middle and on both ends) must have a pen color that is thicker then the wall casing color. 

 

If that is a block easy fix. But make sure there are not two lines on top of each other. The one on top may show a color that you know prints thin but one under may have a thicker printing color. I have always had issues like this when receiving file from MEP AutoCAD.

 

I am assuming that you are using a CTB plotter setting but does not matter. Only other you must check is does the line have a Thickness assigned to it. Sometimes it may have a color that picks the thickness through the CTB PEN Settings, unless someone assigned a thickness to the individual line itself. Check your properties. A quick fix is also open your block up, draw a line on the correct layer, use your Match Properties tool and select the Bone Lines.

 

Hope this help!

 

Thanks, JRR.

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jacquelineMKHEV
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Thanks alot @jrreid ! It was the pen weight as you said!