Plotting assemblies

I have an HP Designjey 800 plotter that is capable of great plots but I
can't get my Solidworks parts or assemblies to plot very well. The lines on
edges are all jagged. It has to be a setting but I'm having a hell of a time
figuring out which one.
I am doing a great deal of routing and sending these assemblies to clients
but the E size plots of these large route assemblies just don't look very
professional.
Looking for advice.

 

Does it have self-test diagnostics/tests for that size? Sounds like
something sticking to me. Can you clean it?

 

Are your displaying the views as Shaded, HLR, or ??? I know Shaded
prints very jagged.

Ken

 

We've been doing a lot of this lately too with the same plotter. If
you want good crisp edges, don't print from the assembly or part. Put
it into a drawing as a shaded view and it works great. Some of ours
look so good, we're framing them and hanging them in our office for
our customers to see.

 

Thanks Guys.
Glad to here it isn't just me.
Rick Suttles

We've been doing a lot of this lately too with the same plotter. If
you want good crisp edges, don't print from the assembly or part. Put
it into a drawing as a shaded view and it works great. Some of ours
look so good, we're framing them and hanging them in our office for
our customers to see.

 

I was trying to plot directly from assemblies without making a drawing.
Maybe someday SW will make this possible since a picture is worth a thousand
words. A clear picture at any rate....

We've been doing a lot of this lately too with the same plotter. If
you want good crisp edges, don't print from the assembly or part. Put
it into a drawing as a shaded view and it works great. Some of ours
look so good, we're framing them and hanging them in our office for
our customers to see.

 

This is a little hidden secret in SW. If you need an 8 foot high post
for a kiosk you can do this as a shaded view in a drawing and print to
tiff. Huge file but with the right settings you get very good quality.
This has also been used to make illustrations for manuals. Faster and
easier than PhotoWorks and very good quality. You mus set your lights
to get really good results.

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