RyanAtNelco Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Hello, I am having an issue plotting drawings that contain wipeouts. I am trying to make PDFs, which on my screen look correct. However, when i print from a PDF the wipeouts show up as solid black instead of how they look on the screen (just a rectangle). Is there a plot setting or something to do with plotting to PDF that makes the wipeouts show up like this when printing? Should I just stop using wipeouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 What PDF Driver are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtNelco Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 I have something called CutePDF to plot to PDF file, is that what you are referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Why? Try AutoCAD"s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I've experienced this problem too before (not with Cute PDF though). With my experience, wipeouts usually initially work fine when producing a PDF of an AutoCad drawing. However when then modifying that PDF and inserting additional pages for example say using Adobe Acrobat Professional, wipeouts fail and show as a black solid. My solution: Avoid wipeouts and do not use them at all. There are other better ways to produce the same effect (viewports, color 255 solid hatch behind a block etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtNelco Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Plotting from the Acad pdf creator fixed the problem, thanks!! To be honest I don't remember what prompted the idea but our IT guy suggested it a long time ago and no one thought to question him. It just become company standard. I'll have to spread the word to stick with acad's version. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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