Hi All,
 
I'm a new CAD user so bare with me on this one.
 
Trying to plot a drawing I did but if I print the drawing out all the lines are really thick, how do I change it so it plots exatly whats on the drawing?
 
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/ga_connelly/untitled.jpgZipie2008-05-06 12:53:18

The first thing that I would try is changing your plot style table (pen assignments). If that isn't it, then your lines may have a thickness assigned to them in the drawing. Those are just guesses, but that's where I'd start.

Hi,
 
Thanks for the reply.  I'm trying to plot to DeskPDF but it's still comming up with the thick lines....

.pdf files are tricky because of the way it compiles the image.  You may have to create a different plot style specifically for .pdf. Try using Adobe PDF instead of DeskPDF. Before you spend too much time on a plot style, see how the monochrome plot style looks.   

Or you could download CutePDF (it works like a printer driver) and all you have to do is send your plot to it and ti creates the PDF perfect everytime i have used it.

[QUOTE=Zipie]Hi All,
 
I'm a new CAD user so bare with me on this one.
 
Trying to plot a drawing I did but if I print the drawing out all the lines are really thick, how do I change it so it plots exatly whats on the drawing?
 
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/ga_connelly/untitled.jpg[/QUOTE]


 
 
***your problem is one of a long list depending on driver.
 

The problem is that Windows, Plotters and Applications usually don't give good drivers, up-to-date or they don't give at all for old plotters.
 
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Unrecoverable Application Errors
General Protection Faults
Out of bounds pen movements
Incorrect line style
Poor performance for wide lines
Errors rendering arcs
Spurious lines
Incomplete plot
Low resolution affecting curve smoothness
Polygon fills do not take account of pen widths
Incorrect text sizing, positioning and/or rotation
Drawing does not fit on the sheet
Output data size up to ~10x larger than drawing size
Slow plot generation
Incomplete paper size support
Poor performance for wide lines
Jagged rendering of diagonal lines
Incorrectly joined polylines
Errors rendering arcs
Lack of support for HPGL and DMPL languages
Driver does not exist for the plotter model
 
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