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What happened to set line thicknesses?

llaframbo
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What happened to set line thicknesses?

llaframbo
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I loaded a set of drawings on to my flashdrive. When I opened it up on my computer and printed to .pdf I noticed all of the line weights are the same. I never got a note warning me of anything wrong with line weights, and I didn't adjust them?

 

Any ideas? 

 

Thank you. 

 

Levi

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wispoxy
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Command OPTIONS and display lineweight. Then change line thickness / weight as needed, you should be able to see the change live.

 

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Patchy
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Same lineweight when you plot? because you used different plot driver.

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llaframbo
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Thanks for the response. I had the same idea, so that's what I am doing
now. But whoever did the drawings before I had received them had the line
weights set. So I had assumed they would remain intact but it appears that
the line weights got reset or something. I guess a more specific question
could be, do line weights typically get reset or messed up somehow when
drawings are transferred?

Thanks again.

Levi
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wispoxy
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If ETRANSMIT is not done properly, yes they mess up.

wispoxy
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I took a screenshot and did that edit under 2 min, I like doing it :cara_con_una_leve_sonrisa:
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kasperwuyts
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Usually, your line weights aren't set in the drawing file, but are determined by a plot style table, which you select at the top right corner in your expanded plot window. (for example, 'monochrome.ctb', 'grayscale.ctb')

What this file does is map each of the 256 standard colors to a thickness.

So my guess is the drawing was made using a different plot style than when you tried to plot it. Ask the person who sent you the drawing to send his plot style table along. Or if that is too technical, make him publish and etransmit the drawing to you. That way, the plot style table gets sent along automatically.


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dgorsman
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Scaling lineweights when printing to a smaller drawing can result in many lineweights looking the same.  Also, assuming you are using actual lineweigths and not polylines, the plot style used will ignore the lineweigh values if not set to use them.

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