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Topic: Ghost Line?
Posted By: martingtc
Subject: Ghost Line?
Date Posted: 18.Mar.2019 at 12:53
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I'm using Autocad 2019 LT and have a drawing containing a semi-circle...

When I plot and print - a line appears across the centre of the semi circle. I'ts not on my drawing, modelspace or paperspace, no hidden or thawed lines or layers etc. It only appears when printed, it's not even viewable on a PDF but prints from there also!

Help please!


Replies:
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 19.Mar.2019 at 10:59
I printed your drawing three different ways and there was no thin line across the semi-circle.  I printed directly from model space, directly from a layout and via a PDF.  There is nothing wrong or unusual with the drawing itself.

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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: martingtc
Date Posted: 19.Mar.2019 at 17:24
How strange!

I get it printing from model, saving as a pdf THEN printing or printing from paperspace.

This drawing was also copied from, and drawn from scratch 2 separate times with the same results....

Any ideas from here??

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 19.Mar.2019 at 19:15
No idea what's happening.  Same printer every time?

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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: martingtc
Date Posted: 20.Mar.2019 at 17:40
Yes sir

Posted By: ing_vali2009
Date Posted: 26.Mar.2019 at 19:03
After a quick investigation, I can say that this issue could be a bug in AutoCAD (in both versions - for Mac and for PC): these lines appear in the viewport with a visual style other than 2D Wireframe when 3D Solids are extremely thin in comparison to its area.
Look here:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2007-2008-2009/quot-ghost-quot-lines-on-thin-3d-solids/td-p/19...

You can try to use SOLPROF workaround or create flatten view of 3D objects with FLATSHOT command than put the result to Layout.

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 26.Mar.2019 at 22:55
It's a 2D not a 3D drawing so what is said in the above post is not relevant. 

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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: martingtc
Date Posted: 16.Apr.2019 at 12:44
Bump to see if there is any update? Just printed off a brand new drawing and the same thing happens - Autocad add 'ghost' lines between 2 points of an arch that are not on the drawing, or pdf, but print only!

Posted By: rebellio
Date Posted: 17.Apr.2019 at 08:11
Hi,

I did the same thing as John...Printed the drawing several ways (model/paperspace).
No ghost lines here.....

It seems to me that it is a printer issue not an acad issue....

Posted By: martingtc
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2019 at 10:59
Happened to me again yesterday - it seems that when I trim these lines, when printed they are back there, but not on screen!

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2019 at 13:11
PRINTER ISSUE.

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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: Tyejunior03
Date Posted: 12.Mar.2020 at 15:16
Did you get this worked out?


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