line weights are jagged when plotting a 3d view...HELP!

[Jay Hatfield]

After designing a simple 3d model, I can only get it to print right with 2d wireframe. Unfortunately, I don't want all the lines showing up, just the ones on top. I tried all the views, but only 2d wireframe works. Need lines, not concept or realistic shades.

 

Thanks

[Jay Hatfield]

I've tried everything and a 3d model looks fine in paper space and model space, but will only plot without jagged lines if it's in "2D wireframe" I need it to print right without jagged lines and not show all the lines underneath for "3D view". Why does it look fine until i do a print preview and/or plot???

[resullins]

Select the viewport, right click, go to "Shade Plot," use "Hidden." Don't use 3D Hidden. Try that and see if it works.

[Jay Hatfield]

No, still doesn't work... I just discovered that the lines aren't jagged when i plot them though, just in preview. When I plot them they are very faint and hardly even visbile. WTH???

[resullins]

Can you post the file?

[tonyj]

Try this. Firstly set your model in 2d wireframe and then set your ploter to what I have shown in the 'plot' image, then right click your view port and select what I have shown in the 'plot 2' image. Make sure you select hidden on the top part of the fly-out and not the one lower down. Let us know if this works.

[Jay Hatfield]

Thanks TonyJ! That works great! That was really starting to annoy me. Resullin, did you mean post image of file...can you post dwg files here, just see image and links.

[SLW210]

You can post drawing files.

 

At lower right of reply box select "Go Advanced", then scroll down to "Manage Attachments".

[Jay Hatfield]

PANTRY SHELVES.dwg

 

Another question regarding plotting 3d model. Let's say that I want to plot this simple model and show all of the lines that are hidden as dashed. Is there a simple way to do this with ACA 2013.

 

Thanks!

[rkent]

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Another question regarding plotting 3d model. Let's say that I want to plot this simple model and show all of the lines that are hidden as dashed. Is there a simple way to do this with ACA 2013.

 

Thanks!

 

Easy enough but that is a lot of hidden lines. Modify the Visual Style Hidden to show Occluded Edges.

shelves ct.pdf

[Jay Hatfield]

Got it! Thanks rkent. You are right, many lines. I tried it on my own and got it to work too. Perhaps there is a way to select which lines you want to show as hidden?

[Jay Hatfield]

That PDF explains something else that I was having a problem with. Do you see the horizontal lines on the left and how they are showing as hidden? I don't know if that has to do with my geometry. I guess I wouldn't have had so many issues if I wouldn't have imported this from sketchup. Maybe I should have drawn this within ACA 2013 and used object based walls instead...

[rkent]

I do see those and I don't know the cause, AutoCAD just doesn't handle 3D very well is mostly the problem. I was going to look at it some more when AutoCAD crashed, again. It is getting very unstable, must be time to repair or reinstall.

[Jay Hatfield]

I know what you mean. ACA was crashing my computer almost every hour until an IT guy told me to turn off some of the features under 3dconfig->Degradation Order...I finally asked him if it would be ok if I unchecked "adaptive degradation" all together and he said "sure"...Fortunately, we don't do much 3d at our firm...Sorry for the crash and thanks for all of your help! I guess I need to focus on REVIT and limit my use of ACA with 3d.

[tonyj]

Glad to hear it worked.