Linetypes are much too coarse
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Topic: Linetypes are much too coarse
Posted By: winfried
Subject: Linetypes are much too coarse
Date Posted: 04.Nov.2012 at 19:14
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Hello, at first I'd like to send greetings to to everybody in this forum, because I'm new here...  Now to my problem: In my model the units represent meters. When I use other linetypes than continuous (for example dotted) the dot distance is so large that it's not the dotted part of the model is plotted badly visible. Can I scale this down somehow or is it because I did some bad basic adjustments somewhere else?  (I have similar problems with fonts too. Inserting blocks or references works with 'Format- Units - Scale to: Meters')Thanks in advance Winfried |
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Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 05.Nov.2012 at 06:58
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Hello winfried, to see your centerlines and hidden lines you will have to choose AutoCAD settings.
First, are you working only in the model space or are you working in the paper space with viewports ( opened at the good scale )?
If you are working and printing directly in the model space, try to find the good line types ( when you type the command LAYER, you have access to the lines settings ).
Do a test at scale 1/1 with center lines and hidden lines.
In my french release I use "axe2" and "cache2" in combination with a setting of "echltp" = 1 ( echltp in french = ltfaktor in german ).
Then if you print directly from model space, multiply your ltfaktor by the scale of your drawing, scale 1/10 --> ltfaktor = 10 ( with axe2 and cache2 ).
If you print from paper space with good viewports than ltfaktor = 1 is good.
Please let us know if this helped or ask for more.
http://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/uploads/20121105_070333_LINE_TYPES_FRA.pdf - uploads/20121105_070333_LINE_TYPES_FRA.pdf
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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 05.Nov.2012 at 19:56
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One more tip that may help you includes making sure your system variables are set properly. For the most part this is how you want them set: LTSCALE=1
MSLTSCALE=1
PSLTSCALE=1
Most of the time this will give you want. If things still don't look right after you draw a line, REGEN the drawing. Often that will set the display properly for the scale you're using.
Dave. ------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |
Posted By: winfried
Date Posted: 08.Nov.2012 at 10:24
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Hello philippe, thank you very much! Your key word 'ltfaktor' and your explanation helped me much. It is 'ltscale' for my English version but this was easy to find then. To help others I'd like to add that when printing with layouts and viewports its important that the value of the system variable 'psltscale' remains '1' (default value). The option 'Use paper space units for scaling' at 'Format - Linetype... - Show details' has to be activated. What did you mean with 'paper space with GOOD view ports', philippe? As I mentioned above my model space units represent meters. I want to plot on a scale of 1:100. The papers space is dimensioned in millimetres. Because 1000 millimetres correspond to 1 meter I choose the scale 10:1 (1:100x1000) for the viewports. Setting LTSCALE to 0.1 seems to work. Is this good or can I improve something? (My answer is late because I've had a bigger problem in between: The hideplot option suddenly didn't work any more for particular viewports. One or a few corrupted graphical primitives are responsible for that. Freezing the affected layer helped.) Greetings, Winfried |
Posted By: winfried
Date Posted: 08.Nov.2012 at 10:47
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Sorry, Dave! I forgot reloading the page before (lately) answering to Philippe. Thank you, too! Winfried |
Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 08.Nov.2012 at 11:29
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Hello winfried, I mentioned "opened at the good scale" just in case you were only a beginner with AutoCAD.
It looks like you know everything about paper space so it's OK, i ain't got noting to add.
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