Xref hatches plot solid black and fonts change on my machine only

[xurshid_viewport]

Hello all. I draw small residential projects in LT 2022 at a two-person bureau, and I keep running into the same thing with xrefs.

 

The architect I work with sends me his site plan as a DWG, I attach it as an overlay, and everything looks fine in model space. But when I plot the layout to PDF, some of his hatches come out solid black and a few of his text styles change to a different font. On his machine the same file plots correctly.

 

I'm guessing it's either missing shape/font files on my side or his plot style table not travelling with the drawing. He uses a CTB, I use the same CTB name, but maybe the files are not identical.

 

What is the usual way you handle this when you get drawings from outside: eTransmit from the sender, or bind the xref before plotting? I'd rather not explode anything, I already learned that lesson.

[SLW210]

Maybe try XREFOVERRIDE and VISRETAIN.

 

How does it look in the plot preview?

 

How does it look when plotted to paper?

 

You might go through THIS.