Lines and Arcs do not connect properly when I plot

Lines and Arcs do not connect properly when I plot

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Lines and Arcs do not connect properly when I plot

Anonymous
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Hi,

I fillet some of my rectangles and have some arcs connected to lines but when I plot, they don't show up as connected. I have tried to make the loose lines and arcs into a polyline but it is still not smooth when I plot.

 

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john.vellek
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

I see that you are visiting as a new member to the AutoCAD forum. Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

 

 Is it possible to share your drawing file or even a part of it?  I would like to verify that the lines and arcs actually do "connect" at the same points.

 

 

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Anonymous
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Hello! Thanks for replying, but I've managed to fix it by increasing the dpi in the plotting properties 🙂

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john.vellek
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hi @Anonymous,

 

I am glad to hear that it worked. I’ve just accepted your response  as a solution so that others can benefit from the information.

 


In the future, please click on the ‘Accept as Solution’ button if/when relevant. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

 


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Anonymous
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Hi,

Changing the DPI didn't actually solve anything, so my lines are still not connected. I attached my dwg.

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john.vellek
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

I started looking at your drawing file.  I notice that many of the corners are constructed of plines which is a bit unusual rather than just using a FILLET command to make a nice curved corner that will connect to the straight sides. 

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I also noticed that much of this is just geometry rather than being blocks.  The geometry is also not set to bylayer.

 

Ideally, you would create a block on layer 0 with properties set to Bylayer for each typical piece and then insert the block on the correct layer that already has a color assigned to it.  I have done this for some of the chairs and for the sink.

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Please take a look at my version and let me know if you have additional questions.

 

 

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Anonymous
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It's a lot better, thank you! But when I make the lineweight thinner, the lines are more obviously unconnected.

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john.vellek
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

Please take a look at the attached file. I did clean up the CAFECHAIR block a bit more as it was not even perfectly symmetrical. At any rate, once I cleaned it up, I then used the AutoCAD PDF driver and set the vector resolution to 4800.

 

This seemed to give me a better quality plot.

 

 

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