Hideplot - Circles problem

I have a problem with circles hiding things if I plot with Hideplot on.
If the xref floor layout has a circular column on it why do the circles stop
the gridlines passing through it from plotting out ? In my latest drawing
I drew some circles in modelspace to highlight an area for a enlarged
detail. When I plotted, everything inside the circle did not come out. I
tried moving the circle down in the Z axis to below the 3d objects but this
then meant the circle was hidden below them & did not plot. I overcame this
one by putting the circle in paperspace but would like to know if there is
anyway to turn off this behaviour with circles.

 

I believe this behaviour is built-in; you can't switch it off.
Circles are no polylines and do not behave consistent in hiding.
See also
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2889697&linkID=2475323
Use the ellipse command next time. They behave as you would expect.

Ben

 

Tried a couple ideas. They failed. Only thing I can come up with is "draw
two arcs". Had hoped they could be exploded or some other entity abuse done.

Ah, Ben's suggestion to use ellipse (which I haven't tested, but I'm a
trusting fella ;-) seems an option.

 

The command bpoly crates a polyline within a selected area.
If a polyline is created in a circle and the circle is deleted afterwards,
the polyline will be the replacement. Your problem will be solved.
Greetings from Erik Slangen.