Strange Plot Variance... HELP!!

[ILoveMadoka]

Autocad 2009

2 different drawings. 1 printer. 1 .ctb file (monchrome)

Same layer colors.

 

Plot both drawings to the same printer with the same plot

settings and one comes out extremely light and the other one

looks fine.

 

The "light" drawing geometry was created in Solidworks

and placed into our title block and the entities were moved

to the correct layers. The drawing is too new to have had

anyone "mess with it.."

 

Listed a similar piece of text in each drawing.

Color: Bylayer

Linetype: Bylayer

Lineweight: Bylayer

Thickness: 0.0

 

Any ideas?

 

TIA!!

[eldon]

Have you tried checking the lineweight values?

[ILoveMadoka]

The lineweight in both drawings is set to Bylayer

which is .25mm in BOTH drawings.

[eldon]

I meant for you to check in Layer Properties Manager what the lineweight of each layer was.

 

I receive drawings that were created in Revit, and all layers have a lineweight of 0.09. I thought that might be what is happening with your drawing, and would certainly explain the fainter print.

[ILoveMadoka]

Sorry. Misunderstood.

They are all set to Default and Default is set to .25mm

I tried seting them all to .35mm and there is no change

to my plot. Still plotting too light.

 

In the Pen Style Editor, Grayscale is Off and Screening is at 100%.

 

Is there some other setvar that controls output/line weights?

[nukecad]

.......created in Solidworks

and placed into our title block.....

 

Is it pasted in as an OLE or a block?

 

Another thought- perhaps "Plot with lineweights" in the plot dialogue?

[ILoveMadoka]

>>Is it pasted in as an OLE or a block?

 

No.

 

>> "Plot with lineweights" in the plot dialogue?

 

With Plot Styles, Line Weights or both un-checked no change.