Hidden Lines will not plot as shown in Layout

[derek193]

I am currently using the visual style "Wireframe" and cannot seem to figure out why my lines won't plot out as dashed lines even though they are dashed in my layout. I have been playing around with my LTSCALE,PSLTSCALE but nothing seems to be working. Any Suggestions would be awesome.

 

Current Visual Style Setting (WireFrame):

 

Edge Settings: Facet Edges

Occluded Edges: Yes

Linetype:Dashed

Intersection:Yes

Silhouette Edges:Yes

[Tuns]

Under plot style editor, check to see that all the colors are set to plot using the objects linetype. That's all I can think of.

[ReMark]

This is a 2D drawing is it not? Try the following:

 

Set PSLTSCALE=1, MSLTSCALE=1 and LTSCALE=0.5 and see what happens.

[derek193]

No sorry I should have specified that, it is a 3-D drawing.

[nestly]

Select the viewport and check if the Shade Plot property is "As Displayed"

[ReMark]

3D? And you are using a 2Dwireframe or 3Dwireframe visual style?

[derek193]

And when I change those settings to what you said it still does not change anything.

[derek193]

Well I have a 2-D wireframe, 3-D wireframe and just a wireframe in my visual style manager. I am currently on just wireframe cause when I use 3-D wireframe it plots out really thick and awkward looking with no dashed lines. The wireframe visual style atleast plots out clear but just missing the dashed lines.

[ReMark]

Is this the look you are trying to achieve?

[nestly]

Here's a demo using 2012. I only went to preview, but I assume it will plot as displayed.

 

[derek193]

Yes that is exactly what I am trying to achieve. My layout shows that exactly but does not come out with dashed lines when I plot for some reason.

[ReMark]

To whom are you addressing your comments?

 

On the off chance you were speaking to me I did a test plot of the 3D model I posted the image of. First plot resulted in no dashed lines being plotted. So I went back to my layout, made the viewport active, set the variable VSOBSCUREDEDGES to 1 and saved my drawing. Then I popped back into my layout and replotted. The second plot did have dashed lines.

[derek193]

Yes, sorry I was speaking to you. I have tried that before and still no dashed lines when plotting.

[derek193]

So I just tried printing in model space and the dotted lines do appear then.

[ReMark]

Since you said the dashed lines do appear in your viewport then the problem must be what nestly alluded to previously.

 

My suggestion would be to upload and attach a drawing (DWG) file. If you have multiple 3D models in your current drawing erase all but one then do a "save as" under a different name. Purge the drawing to eliminate unreferenced entities and save it again. Attach this pared down drawing to your next post. Perhaps nestly or someone else here can take a look at it and figure out what is happening. I'd do it but I'm busy at the moment trying to help someone else with a structural drawing. Sorry.

[ReMark]

So I just tried printing in model space and the dotted lines do appear then.

 

I definitely plotted from a layout. You should be able to do so as well.

[nestly]

Yeah, attach the file if possible (use ETRANSMIT to create a .zip file if you're using a plot style table)

[esteban2006]

On 10/1/2014 at 15:15, ReMark said:

¿Es esta la apariencia que estás tratando de lograr?

Puedes diseñar la figura en modelado tridimensional