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.

[xurshid_viewport]

Thanks, SLW210. The plot preview shows the same thing as the PDF: the hatches are black there too, so it is not something that only happens at the plotter. On paper I haven't tried yet, I only printed to PDF.

I'll check what XREFOVERRIDE and VISRETAIN are set to in my file tomorrow at the bureau and report back. I also want to see whether the hatch layer in his drawing has a plot style assigned that doesn't exist in my CTB. I'll read through the page you linked in the meantime.

[Paul Li]

Typically etransmit should be used. This way any fonts and plot styles can be packaged along with xrefs in the zip file. This is what I would request from the architect. But hatches plotting solid black is very odd. Could you share a sample dwg that includes theses hatches for us to test?

[Paul Li]

Double posted

Edited 1 hour ago by Paul Li