feargt Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hi, We have come across an issue today, and I am sure it can be solved by changing some variable but the question is which. In a layout (paperspace)a user has drawn a square. The linetype is dashed and has an ltfactor 3 so that it appears as desired. The same square was copied into another layout using copy and paste but appears like a continuous line. I checked the following variables Units - both set to no units PSltscale - both set to 0 Msltscale - original drawing was set to 1 the other 0 (but this should not matter in this case as both lines are in the layout) Ltscale - both set to 1 measurement - both set to 1 Any ideas what causes this? or what the answer is. Obviously we can just change the ltfactor for the copied square so it appears the same. But is there a setting I am missing? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulse Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 is it's "line type generation" turned on in both locations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Set your Psltscale=1, needs to be set in each layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulse Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Set your Psltscale=1, needs to be set in each layout. Oops - how the heck did I miss that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feargt Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 hi, thanks for the responses. psltscale both layouts at 1 or both at 0 unfortunately that does not seem to make any difference. linetype generation was turned off in both instances, turning it on did not make any difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 have both machines used the same linetype definition file. most of the machines in our office use acadiso.lin for their definitions but one still uses acad.lin try to reload the linetype using Format|linetype and ensure the new definition comes from the most appropriate file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feargt Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Dbroada, you may have hit the nail on the head......1 plan originated from eastern europe and the other was created using our standard. I remember seeing such a problem before but it was in Model space that time, can't believe I did't think to check that. Will have to check it tomorrow though as just finished here now Thanks will keep you informed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feargt Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Thanks again Dbroada, That is exactly the reason. Is there a way to determine from which .lin file the linetype came? So one would know which linetype to import? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I'm not aware of one. It would be really nice if you could as I come across this problem with one particular set of drawings. We automate our "loop drawing" production making use of DXF files. I can never track down where the discrepancy come in but it is always after "CHECK PLOT" and before "MASTER"!!!! Lets hope someone can enlighten us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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