MGS Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hi. I have been having problems with lineweights for ages but I had a work around, now that has stopped working. I have been using the same ctb file for years - many years - and it always worked perfectly. However suddenly all normal lines have started plotting really thin and feint - polylines are OK. I have tried changing the default lineweight to really thick, but nothing changes - is there a default somewhere that overrides the "lwdefault"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Did you recently change printers/plotters? I ask only because you mentioned that the problem surfaces when you plot a drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 3 hours ago, MGS said: Hi. I have been having problems with lineweights for ages but I had a work around, now that has stopped working. Why did you need a workaround and what was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 On 2/21/2019 at 4:48 AM, MGS said: is there a default somewhere that overrides the "lwdefault"? In the plot dialog there is an option to "Scale Lineweights". Have you accidentally enabled that option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 On 2/21/2019 at 1:32 PM, ReMark said: Did you recently change printers/plotters? I ask only because you mentioned that the problem surfaces when you plot a drawing. no - I have always had the same one (HP500) - in fact I don't use it that much any more - this week was the first time for a couple of years, but I have the same issue when plotting pdfs that I create from the degs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Cad64 said: In the plot dialog there is an option to "Scale Lineweights". Have you accidentally enabled that option? I don't think that is an option as I was working and plotting in model space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 23 hours ago, RobDraw said: Why did you need a workaround and what was it? I had an older copy of AutoCAD on an old computer that I used to use to create plot files which worked perfectly, but then that suddenly developed the same issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 In the plot dialog box over on the right hand side where it says Plot Options. Is Plot Object Lineweights enabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 30 minutes ago, ReMark said: In the plot dialog box over on the right hand side where it says Plot Options. Is Plot Object Lineweights enabled? yes - and shaded so it can't be edited on that page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 How does the Plot Preview appear? Can you share a .dwg and the plot file? And some images of what you have and what the plot looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 11:39 AM, SLW210 said: How does the Plot Preview appear? Can you share a .dwg and the plot file? And some images of what you have and what the plot looks like. Thank you for this - the plot preview is perfectly OK - just as it has always been, and just as I would expect - it is just the plot that is very feint, on an A4 printer or A0 plotter. I will sort out some files and get them over to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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