Dithered rendering / shading (b&w linework or dots) ? Is it possible?

If one has an object with curves which one wants to present in a perspective
linework drawing, is there ANY way to create dithered shading on parts to
denote the sense of 3D, without having to add them manually in paper space?

In the example I'm looking at, the object is in a viewport in perspective,
hidden line. The object MUST be presented as B&W linework ONLY. The dwg
looks too "flat", though, and could really use some black linework shading
to indicate depth. Dots would work well.

Is there any way to use the "shading with edges" command in acad to generate
dithered monochrome dots, SPARINGLY, instead of continuous tone shading?

 

A follow-up:

1) I have tried using SOLPROF to generate the hidden-line image, but it
tends to leave out too many edges that are necessary to understanding
the object.

2) Plotting from layouts provides better registration of the images
than plotting from modelspace.

3) By using Photoshop, there are other options for how to treat the
rendered layer: penstrokes, halftone, etc.

 

One last thing:

Having separate layers in Photoshop for the dots and the lines makes the
editing there much easier than if they are on one layer. I did try
creating a custom visual display mode in AutoCAD (rendered, everything
light gray, faceted edges on, visible edges black) and then converting
the resulting TIFF to a dithered bitmap in Photoshop, but editing the
edges messed up the dithered shading, so I am sticking with the
two-layer system.