Printing Drawings missing images
Printing Drawings missing images
(OP)
I am using SolidWorks 2003 SP0. My drawings look fine on the screen but when I print them some of the drawing views are missing (but the notes and dimentions do print). It looks like temporary geometry is covering over the images. Even when I turn on "Hide All Types" in the View menu, I still am missing half of some drawing views. Any ideas????
Thanks,
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RE: Printing Drawings missing images
FAQ559-863
RE: Printing Drawings missing images
If you see the views then it's your Print driver, if you don't then it's SW. And if that's the case you should probably upgrade to the latest SP, which is 5.1.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Printing Drawings missing images
If I turn the drawing into a PDF the same thing happens.
Thanks for the help.
Steve
RE: Printing Drawings missing images
If the views are there and are only getting cut off then it's probably just a print scale issue. Try using 95% instead of 100%.
If your views are showing up in the print preview and not on the paper, then the problem is with your Print driver. Get the latest driver for your printer. That driver might have worked fine for an earlier version of SW, but that doesn't mean it will work for your latest version.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Printing Drawings missing images
By the way, it looks as though you race hydros. What class?
Tom Stanley
RE: Printing Drawings missing images
Tom: I use to race outboard hydros (BSH and 25SSH). Then got into faster stuff, but have since retired and became a full time 'desk pilot'!
Steve
RE: Printing Drawings missing images
Print preview: the views are absent but the dims are there.
Zoom within preview: views show up
Print: Views absent, dims are there
I shut down all open windows including SWX and reopened SWX and tried again with success. Odd.
Matt
RE: Printing Drawings missing images
Sounds like your problem was memory related. The fact that you "printed many drawings successfuly" suggests that your available memory had reached its limit.