Poly Lines Width Not showing up in Plotted PDF

[Anonymous]

Poly lines show up fine in model space, and in paper space.  However, when I plot to a PDF the line weights disappear in the PDF.  Also,  Hatch boundaries turn render blocky (similar to a pixel), and are not smooth and continuous as in model space. 

I have done the following:

Fillmode is 1
Layout Vport is not hidden
VSCurrent is 2dwire
UCS World & PLAN

Also, one of my layers is plotting the polyline width, however the others are not.  I have checked the properties, and the line weight is set to By Layer. 

Thanks

[pendean]

Are your PLINEs on noplot layers?
Plot style table selection is incorrect overall?
LWEIGHT setting too heavy for the one PLINE width?

[Anonymous]

The poly lines are on plottable layers,  the plot style table in correct I believe, and have selected different options from the plot manager prompt.  The line weights are set to default per layer manager. 

Its odd because some of the p-lines will plot with a width, however the others do not.  Also, the hatching on the turn arrows is not smooth and continuous (solid), it is blocky. 

[pendean]

Can you share you actual DWG file?

[Anonymous]

Attached is the drawing file with the pertinent layers included. 

Thank you for looking at this for me. 

Nathan 

[pendean]

Thanks for the DWG file: what I see in your file with your chosen PDF driver is what I see plotting out here (see #1), what exactly is missing?

I did notice you have layer 0 frozen and off, always a bad idea in AutoCAD: changing it though make no difference (see #2).

[cadffm]

@Anonymous 

~750 plines with Startwidth /=0
and there are more of them, nested in ARRAY objects.

Most of them with a width of 0.5 Units.

You plot with a scaling factor 0.00230602 (your viewport)

0.5 width scaled by 0.00230602 viewport-scale = 0.001153301 Units/Inch, incredible small, or?

to smal for the PDF resolution and very very to small for a printer.

Another thing, offtopic:

Why you have so much "doubled lines" ? "all" Lines&Arcs are double

[Anonymous]

Pendean,

That is what I am seeing with the PDF's.  Issues with printing/plotting

1)  Hatch for turn arrows show up blocky (zoom into the plotted PDF)

2)  Pavement lane markings are showing up as lines and not poly-lines with a width.  

   *  However, Polylines with a width of 0.5 do not show up with a width

   *  Polylines for crosswalks show up with a width,  their drawing width is 1.25, or 1.5 model space)

3)  The duplicate lines per area layout were wiped out with command OVERKILL.

Note:  Only layers of concern are labeled starting with.  PVMT-MARKINGS

Thanks for the help.  Obviously I am not an advanced AutoCAD user, and trying to learn more to become a proficient drafter.  

Nathan

[Anonymous]

Sebastian, 

What is odd about this plot:

1)  The hatched turn signals do not show up smooth, but rather blocky.  

  *  zoom into pavement markings for further detail. 

2)  Some polylines for pavement markings show up with their respective width, and others do not.  

  *  See cross walks.  

3)  Only layers of concern are the layers labels (PVMT MARKINGS). 

Nathan

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous  schrieb:

Sebastian, 

What is odd about this plot:

1)  The hatched turn signals do not show up smooth, but rather blocky.  

  *  zoom into pavement markings for further detail. 

   Is a question of resolution. See my example Layout with a detail-viewport.

2)  Some polylines for pavement markings show up with their respective width, and others do not.  

  *  See cross walks.  

     Because they are widther. By this resolution the width comes out by width 0.9-1.0 and higher.

     Check out my sample where i copied some Plines, I changed the width to 0.6-0.9 and only 0.9 and more will display well.

3)  Only layers of concern are the layers labels (PVMT MARKINGS). 

   Sorry, i don't understand this.

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[cadffm · Accepted solution]

forgotten.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the help solving this issue.  I appreciate you taking your time and effort to help me out!

Nathan