Printing Results are Different From AutoCAD LT and Dwg Trueview

[sbrusco]

Hi All,

One user only needs to print drawings so she has DWG TrueView and was getting prints with the lines in shades of gray and everyone else (AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT) was getting the desired prints in black lines of varying widths as defined in the plot style.

I'm using the same drawing file, the same page setup from the same template, which uses the same plot style, printing to the same printer... As far as I know how to, everything is the same except the sending application.

I struggled with this for too long then as a final test I installed AutoCAD LT on her computer. When she prints from LT she gets black lines and when she prints from TrueView she gets gray lines.

If there is a setting in TrueView for this, I cannot find it.

BTW, these problems did not exist in 2013 but only started happening when we upgraded her to 2015

Please help.

TIA,

Sal

[pendean]

not the same plot style table, or "plotting with plot styles" is not selected in DTV.

[sbrusco]

Hi Dean,

Thanks so much for your input. I am as certain as I can be that we're using the same plot style table, but...

I don't see a "plotting with plot styles" option in the DTV publish box. Attached is a screen shot of the Plot and Publish dialog boxes I see. These, as you know, are the same for ACAD and DTV.

Sal

[h_s_walker]

@sbrusco The publish box never has plot styles, BUT the plot box does. Is she using the correct icon in DTV? Third from the left NOT fourth

[sbrusco]

Hi Lefty,

Thanks, and yes I know that. I am trying to "publish" and showed the "plot" dialog because that's the only place that I know that has a "plotting with plot styles" option.

What the user does is just print (publish) a collection of drawings so DTV should be sufficient, right? Using LT prints/publishes them as we want, with black lines. DTV publishes them in shades of gray. I don't know why the publish results are different when I use DTV than when I use LT and that is the question.

Sal

[h_s_walker]

Have you check that the imported Pagesetup is correct and uses the correct ctb file?

[sbrusco]

I'm using the same drawing file, importing the same page setup from the same template, which uses the same plot style, printing to the same printer... As far as I know how to, everything is the same except the sending application.

So if its imported from the same template, can I assume it is the same?

[h_s_walker]

The ctb file on her machine might be different.

Plotting / publishing grabs the ctb file from the individual machine.

I would copy and paste the ctb file from your machine to hers and see if that helps

[sbrusco]

If that were the case, wouldn't i be getting gray publishes from LT? But i'm not.

[h_s_walker]

No

Computer 1 has ctb file 1 with pen 1 printing as blue

Computer 2 has ctb file 2 with pen 1 printing as orange.

Drawing is located on network

If Computer 1 loads Drawing, Drawing will look for ctb file on Computer 1

However if Computer 2 loads Drawing, Drawing will look for ctb file on Computer 1

I would check the dates of both ctb files. And if you can post them both here.

[sbrusco]

Hmmmm. I'll have to check that, though i'm fairly certain they are the same... but i'll check and get back to you.

Now wait just one doggone minute. If the the CTBs were different, wouldn't i still get gray plots from LT? Remember, LT and DTV ~on the same machine~ are getting different plots.

[h_s_walker]

Yeah you've got me stumped now

EDIT: I've just noticed that DTV has some plot and publish options of it's own. Have you check those?

[pendean]

DTV, AutoCAD and LT all point to the same styles folder so I can't think what else it might be: is this DTV1016? I saw no reason to upgrade my DTV2013 yet.

[sbrusco]

Hi Dean,

...and now you see why i'm perplexed.

It is DTV2015, i didn't know 2016 was out yet. And i also didn't have a reason to upgrade but this user just got a new computer and when i went to install DTV, the only option i had from my subscription was to install 2015. And so here i am.

Sal

[pendean]

[sbrusco]

Hi Dean,

Yeah, i can make it work when PLOTting an individual drawing. The problem surfaces when i PUBLISH multiple drawings. It appears Autodesk forgot the "publish using plot styles" checkbox in the publish dialog.

Sal

[pendean]

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-lt-general-discussion/printing-results-are-different-from-auto... answered your question.

DTV's PUBLISH looks exactly like AutoCAD's here, same versions: you're barking up the wrong tree with that one. Sorry.

[sbrusco]

This one really has me perplexed. Like i said, this user was fine with DTV2013 then when she got a new(er) computer and i had to install DTV, i just downloaded the newer 2015 version and that's when the problem started. When i couldn't resolve the issue, i got IT to give her even another computer and i still had the same problem. That's when i installed LT. And using the same support files for both LT and DTV, the problem persists in DTV but publishing from LT is fine.

In my little brain, this is a problem with DTV2015 and i'll not update any of the other DTV2013 users. You know, "if it aint broke, don't fix it."

[Victoria.Studley]

Hi @sbrusco,

I just tested this in AutoCAD LT 2015 and DWG TrueView 2015, and was able to get the same results when plotting from LT or DTV, and also when publishing from either program.

I did need to change one setting:

• DTV 2015 looks in this folder for the plot style table by default: C:\Users\studlev\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2015 - English\R13\enu\Plotters\Plot Styles
• The custom CTB I created in the file in AutoCAD LT 2015 was saved here by default: C:\Users\studlev\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 2015\R21\enu\Plotters\Plot Styles
• When I first opened the file in DTV 2015, CTB was missing.
• I copied the CTB file from the LT location to the DTV location (listed above) and then the drawing published correctly (the CTB was named in the Page Setup I saved for the layout).

If the CTB you're using is custom, try copying it to the DTV location listed above.

If the CTB is one of the standard ones that ships with the program, delete the one in the DTV location and replace it with the one in the AutoCAD LT location.

Then test the publish again.