otoplastic Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Hello, In hiden lines configuration, when I am plotting my drawing, the tangent lines of 3D cylinders (this is a pipes drawing) are missing. I have tried many options to solve that problem: paper plot , pdf plot, high pdf resolution plot, small size drawing plot, changed the thickness of the lines, change the color of the lines, plot with other computers... I did not find any solution and I have to send my drawings to a customer. In any configurations, the lines appears but others disappears. Even in the preview plot, lines are missing. Does anybody have a solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitch Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Check that the layer isn't switched off, frozen or set to a non-plottable layer in model space and also floating model space, ie. in your paperspace viewport window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otoplastic Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 There is no frozen layers or no non-plottable layer in the paperspace viewport window. In fact, this is not a problem of layer: the entire 3D volumes are in a same layer and some lines of the volume appears and other of the same volume not when plotting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otoplastic Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 No ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 How is the file setup for printing? Is it from a layout? Is a layout viewport’s Shadeplot setting something other than wireframe? Actually, instead of all the questions, perhaps post a sample drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoo9 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 no too sure about 3D but in autocad 2d drawing you can't use the number 255 for white. you must use the word "white". otherwise it will plot white on white on paper and you see nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Compton Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Any chance you can post a sample? --------------------------------------- 3D AutoCAD Pipework – http://www.HerculeDesign.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoo9 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 try this. this menu is in Layers. click on the layer showing white and a box appears to select a color. go all the way to the bottom and type in "white" and click OK. attached is a file showing this screen hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otoplastic Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Thank you for trying helping me. You can find here a part of the drawing I have problems to print: I put arrows to show the places where the lines are the most frequently missing. Anyway, the problem is not a question of color because I tried to change the colors without success... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otoplastic Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Here is the drawing (what remains of it not to be more than 250ko )and a pdf plot of it. Tuyauterie.zip Tuyauterie.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Set the HIDEPRECISION system variable to 1. The attached was done with PDF995, my pdf printer, so I can’t say for certain if it will work the same with PDFCreator. TuyauterieViaPDF995.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otoplastic Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Yessss it does work. I thought I had a good knowledge of Autocad but there are always new things to learn. Thank you Seant for this precious information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamad_eng78 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Thanks, this was helpful for me. no too sure about 3D but in autocad 2d drawing you can't use the number 255 for white. you must use the word "white". otherwise it will plot white on white on paper and you see nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shneuph Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Set the HIDEPRECISION system variable to 1. You're message is still helping people. I just saw it and it solved my problem. Thanks! Edited February 26, 2012 by SLW210 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Always good to hear that a post hits the mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard-cheese Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I just created an account to say this solved my problem. Been tearing my hair out wondering why certain lines weren't appearing. Thanks a ton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I just created an account . . . . You won't be sorry. Welcome aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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