Having hidden line issues TT
Having hidden line issues TT
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Created a model. Then went to layout and setup 4 equal viewports. Have tinkered with hideplot on/off, tried messing with solprof, soldraw, and solview. Cannot get the hidden lines to appear dashed. I have the new layer created by solprof PH-xx, and changed linetype to hidden. When i click the line, the toolbar shows that its linetype is 'hidden', but it appears solid.
Ok, so next moving onto ltscale i tried everything and it still appears solid (and also prints solid). Changed to a different linetype like fence, and those work fine. The only way I can get the hidden lines to be dashed are to explode the entire object, then i can individually change them to show dashed. Even when exploded, a few rogue lines refuse to go dashed. This is not good :(
I think i'm missing something very obvious, drop me a clue, thanks!
Ok, so next moving onto ltscale i tried everything and it still appears solid (and also prints solid). Changed to a different linetype like fence, and those work fine. The only way I can get the hidden lines to be dashed are to explode the entire object, then i can individually change them to show dashed. Even when exploded, a few rogue lines refuse to go dashed. This is not good :(
I think i'm missing something very obvious, drop me a clue, thanks!





RE: Having hidden line issues TT
RE: Having hidden line issues TT
Im hoping maybe im just doing something wrong in the creation process. Autocad is not my forte as far as CAD goes.
For reference, what I'm doing is.
-Create model in "model" window using extrudes, subtracts, etc.
-Click the layout tab
-Clear the paper if there's something there already.
-Click on viewports and do the 4-equal ports, set it to 3D, and then choose the views for each of the 4 windows.
-Type 'solprof' in the command line, answer Y,Y,Y to the 3 prompts.
-Notice new layer PH-xxx, go to Format > Layer. Then select 'Load' to load "hidden" linetype.
-Set PH-xxx layer to "hidden" linetype.
I think im doing ok up to this point. Now I'm expecting to see something that looks like an engineering drawing, but instead its still all solid lines. I could really use guidance, thank you for any advice.
RE: Having hidden line issues TT
RE: Having hidden line issues TT
Hope that helps.
RE: Having hidden line issues TT
RE: Having hidden line issues TT
The main drawback is that is it a global setting, so if you set them to show dashed hidden lines, every viewport will do this. Another drawback is that it dashes lines with the gaps all arranged in a row vertically and horizontally, so that on an object with a lot of hidden lines, this pattern becomes very distracting visually.
Finally, you can play with the plotter pen settings. You can choose a color to be printed with a certain linetype.
Note that my experience is only up to verion 2002, it is possible that other options exist on later versions.