Paperspace Problem
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Paperspace Problem

dik (Structural)

(OP)

28 Mar 23 23:55

I use Bricscad, an Autocad workalike... I'm not a CAD operator... my drawings in model space have some hidden lines. When I plot them in paperspace, the lines are solid. Is there a 'switch' or setting that I should be using to have them plot in paper space? or is it a scaling issue?

thanks, Dik

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-Dik

CarlB (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 1 · 2023-03-29 01:02:35

This discussion may help:
https://forum.bricsys.com/discussion/17237/confusi...

dik (Structural) · Answer 2 · 2023-03-29 02:20:02

Thanks Carl... I'll take a gander.

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phamENG (Structural) · Answer 3 · 2023-03-29 12:33:23

Happens to me in AutoCAD all the time. It's a scaling issue for me.

dik (Structural) · Answer 4 · 2023-03-29 14:25:48

Thanks... still trying to solve it...

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IFRs (Petroleum) · Answer 5 · 2023-03-30 00:02:56

Assuming you don't have viewport overrides setting linetypes to continuous, try setting PSLTSCALE to 1, then regenall.

dik (Structural) · Answer 6 · 2023-03-30 00:04:26

viewport overrides?

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IFRs (Petroleum) · Answer 7 · 2023-03-30 00:20:45

Using VPLayer you can change how linetype of objects display in viewport(s). So, if you have objects on a layer and the linetype for that layer is hidden, all objects will show as hidden in all viewports. But, if you want those objects to show as continuous in a particular viewport, use the VPLayer command to override the linetype for that layer in that viewport. You can also override the layer's color, lineweight, transparancy on a viewport by viewport basis (or "All" for all viewports. Using VPLayer you can freeze layer(s) in all viewports by using "all". Similarly, you can choose viewports to apply overrides to by picking them. Caveat: you can't change the linetype for a layer back to ByLayer, you have to type in "hidden" in this case.

IFRs (Petroleum) · Answer 8 · 2023-03-30 00:24:32

In Model space, try setting the ltscale for all objets to 1 (CHPROP ALL S 1), then in each paperspace set ltscale to 1/3 or something that looks good (LTSCALE 1/3). This combiuned with PSLTSCALE should solve your issue.

CarlB - Your link is the exactly my suggestion, but you got there first and deserve credit for solving the OPs problem! (I did not read yours before posting)

dik (Structural) · Answer 9 · 2023-03-30 04:31:31

I just downloaded a bunch of information, that will take me a day to go through... It seems I'm not the only one with this issue... thanks.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

dik (Structural) · Answer 10 · 2023-03-31 17:25:45

Thanks... it was a matter of setting ltscale = 1 in model space and psltscale = 1. I've always used dimscale and ltscale set to the value of the scale factor (eg, 48 for 1/4"=1'-0"). Works like a charm... again thanks so much... drawings look a lot better.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

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