Linetpyes / Hatching and the way its Printed

[Milkboy]

Hey
When I print SE v10 to a HP LaserJet the drawing looks bad.
The hatching and linetypes are npt right
e.g. a hidden M10 x 30 tapped hole.
On screen the hidden detail line type gives 20 or so dashes.
Printer gives 2 great big dashes !

This is the same across the company whatever printer is used

Any suggestions


Milkboy Milkboy

 

[Edgeomatic]

I believe you need to go to options from the
tools pulldown menu, select the view tab and check
"Display as Printed", this should display line weights
and Linestyles on the screen as well as display hatching
as it will be printed.

-Scott

 

[Milkboy]

I have done that Scott, but this dosent help.

Im concluding its a printer thing and it has
been sent to UGS

TA Milkboy

 

[jrod]

I believe the problem is that SE does not have line type scale like AutoCAD. Meaning you can not specify a better line type scale for the drawing scale you are using. We have ran into this at our company and have not found a solution as of yet.

 

[JamesBarlow]

You can change the line weights and space gas by changing them under format/style.

We had similar problems but eventually got through them. This is very much a trial and error type process as each printer and driver acts a little different.