ReMark Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 2Dwireframe is a visual style. Do you know what that is? Do you know how many different visual styles there are? I think you are confusing the print quality with visual style. They are not synonymous. There are six different print qualities available in AutoCAD. They are... Draft Preview Normal Presentation Maximum Custom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mong0038 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yes, I was trying to say that the print quality, even though my visual style is set to "shaded", looks a lot like 2D wire frame. If you look at the PDF above you can see. My visual style is not set to 2D wire frame though, I see where that was confusing. The quality of the PDF is poor though, and does not show any planes, only the frame of the objects. I am trying to print the planes, though, so that things like cylinders look like cylinders and not just two circles connected by two lines opposite one another. How have you gotten you print quality to be better ReMark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Are the cylinders supposed to be concrete footings? How were the cylinders created in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mong0038 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 the bottom four were created by setting the thickness of a circle to 4' and yes, they basically are supposed to be the holes in the ground where some concrete footings will go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I see. Normally I would not draw the "holes in the ground" I'd draw the concrete footings or piers in this case meaning the cylinders would be filled. A circle that is extruded becomes a 3D solid. If you used the DWG to PDF print option in AutoCAD your choice of output quality is dictated by the printer you are sending the file to. Our printer offers four settings: High Quality, Proof, Draft and Custom. I always use High Quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 This is what a Shaded visual style on my screen looks like. The output is the same when I send it to our color laserjet printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You need to see what settings your co worker is using and set your viewports and plot setting to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mong0038 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Hey so I have been hitting print preview all this time, never viewing the plot, and apparently the print preview was pixelated but when I plot it its fine. I apologize for wasting everyone's time. I will not be using print preview in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 So what you're saying is from post #2 to post #27 we've just been having a nice chat? Yikes! Well I'm glad to hear we got that cleared up. Thanks for updating us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mong0038 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Well, we eliminated many possibilities, and the only one left was ignoring the print preview at that point, if you want to look at it that way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Always the optimist I see. You're going to bury the ends of the columns in the concrete or will they get baseplates and grout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mong0038 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Indeed I am. Good question, wasn't in my scope of work because I was just looking at the beams and they load they can take plus the size of the concrete footing so that it doesn't sink. I'm going to assume this will just be buried in concrete but I really don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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