Looking for work-around for lineweight-hide viewport bug

I have another new drawing that is manefesting the bug where the lineweights inside a viewport become extremely fine. I can't just keep printing each page a dozen times hoping that it will eventually plot correctly.

I am looking for work-arounds. Againg, I am on Acad2002,. Paperspace objects plot correctly, and viewports that are not set to hide also plot correctly.

My first thought was to go to each viewport, into modelspace, and then plot to a DXB file. Then I can turn off the viewport, and import the DXB file into paperspace at the same spot as the viewport. However, in 2002 when you try to print this way, Acad actually switches back into paperspace and plots from there... so this method doesn't actually bypass the problem.

It seems that I need to go onto the modelspace tab and plot from there, but I have a lot of views and a lot of layers to manage. So this is going to get VERY tedious, especially after I do this a few times becuause of revisions.

At this point I am even willing to give up the idea of using lineweights, if I can use a method to insure that all the lines are plotted wide enough to be clearly visible. But, I can't think of any setting that will bypass the bug... it already seems to be ignoring my lineweight settings, so just setting them to be wider won't help.

Any other ideas?

Joe Dunfee

 

Are these lineweights set for lines that are polylines?

If the designated lineweight is wider then the polyline object, then it may
default to a zero lineweight when printing.

If this is the case you can either make all your polylines a zero width, and
let the lineweight by color or layer or object govern your printed result,
or you can make the lineweights of the polylines thinner than the polyline
widths.

Jack Talsky

lineweights inside a viewport become extremely fine. I can't just keep
printing each page a dozen times hoping that it will eventually plot
correctly.

objects plot correctly, and viewports that are not set to hide also plot
correctly.

plot to a DXB file. Then I can turn off the viewport, and import the DXB
file into paperspace at the same spot as the viewport. However, in 2002
when you try to print this way, Acad actually switches back into paperspace
and plots from there... so this method doesn't actually bypass the problem.

but I have a lot of views and a lot of layers to manage. So this is going
to get VERY tedious, especially after I do this a few times becuause of
revisions.

lineweights, if I can use a method to insure that all the lines are plotted
wide enough to be clearly visible. But, I can't think of any setting that
will bypass the bug... it already seems to be ignoring my lineweight
settings, so just setting them to be wider won't help.

 

Thanks for the effort to help, but I need to emphasize that this problem does not seem to be related to any normal functioning of the program. It is also intermittant. The same drawing may plot out fine one minute, and then the next time it is plotted, the non-orthographic views start printing out extremely fine lineweight

It is not happening becuase of the way the user configured ltscale, lineweight, or polyline width. There is no way for a user to deliberatly set a view to do this. (actually I wish there were, because I would use the method to overlay a reference object over the object I am dimensioning).

Joe Dunfee

 

Today when the problem happened on a new drawing, I tried the DXB out/in process to see if that would help. However, all the color information is lost, so this approach won't work for me.

Actually, the problem fixed itself, so I was able to get this drawing done... but I still need a solution for when it doesn't resolve itself so quickly.

Joe Dunfee

 

maybe it is your graphic card?

or the electrical current?

or a ghost?

Jack

process to see if that would help. However, all the color information is
lost, so this approach won't work for me.

done... but I still need a solution for when it doesn't resolve itself so
quickly.

 

maybe it is your graphic card?

This particular computer has gone through 2 different graphics cards... so I can probably eliminate that one. How do I determine which of the two remaining ones are the cause?

The Ghost seems most likely, since the viewport turns very pale. My upgrade to this version was actually an attempt to run away from hauntings in my prior version of Autocad. However, Autodesk's ghost busting team let me down.

Joe

 

I think you have an unusual problem.

Try Autodesk Tech Support.

Jack

so I can probably eliminate that one. How do I determine which of the two
remaining ones are the cause?

upgrade to this version was actually an attempt to run away from hauntings
in my prior version of Autocad. However, Autodesk's ghost busting team let
me down.

 

Joe,

Have you had any success with this problem? I too have been having this
(thin lineweight) issue with several drawings of mine. My problem doesn't
seem to be related to having the viewport hide on however.

Recreating the PC3 doesn't help, resetting all the system variables to be
duplicate of a drawing that works doesn't help either. The only way I've
been able to fix it in the past is to create a new DWG and import everything
in there.

Today however, I did manage to fix one of my broken drawings by making sure
the Model Space Layout was set to the plotter I like, then I deleted all
viewports and let autocad create a fresh one. This seemed to fix it. Still
seems like a lot of trouble to go to. Must be something simple (it always
is).

Jim

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Legacy Engineering Inc.

4217 East Davies Place

Centennial, Colorado 80122.2141

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lineweights inside a viewport become extremely fine. I can't just keep
printing each page a dozen times hoping that it will eventually plot
correctly.

objects plot correctly, and viewports that are not set to hide also plot
correctly.

plot to a DXB file. Then I can turn off the viewport, and import the DXB
file into paperspace at the same spot as the viewport. However, in 2002
when you try to print this way, Acad actually switches back into paperspace
and plots from there... so this method doesn't actually bypass the problem.

but I have a lot of views and a lot of layers to manage. So this is going
to get VERY tedious, especially after I do this a few times becuause of
revisions.

lineweights, if I can use a method to insure that all the lines are plotted
wide enough to be clearly visible. But, I can't think of any setting that
will bypass the bug... it already seems to be ignoring my lineweight
settings, so just setting them to be wider won't help.

 

No, I've not had any luck, and really had given up trying. My only work-around was to make the colors darker, and then to apologize to the machinists for the faint lines.

Even though you apparently had success, your efforts may not be related to the problem.

For example, you might try placing a fresh cup of coffee onto the computers' cup holder (CD Tray) and then rebooting. This may actually fix the problem... at least it would have as good a chance of working as the other methods I've tried.

I imagine any method which changes the drawing database is more likely to succeed... but only a little more likely.