g.h.design Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 I am losing edges of polygons when I plot sheets with viewports. It only happens on polygons that are in a viewport. Most of the polygon will plot put intermitent edges do not plot. It is dependent on vertexes as an edge will plot between two vertexes and not between the next two. It appears fine on screen and if I plot the original layers and not the viewport it plots just fine. I have changed the sheets dpi setting to 120 with no changes. I have tweaked the viewport's line weight scale and it has no effect. I have changed the original polygon's class, line wt, color, etc. to no avail... All classes are turned to visible on the sheet. The polygons are well within the crop edge. I have changed the plotter's settings but they have no effect. I am pretty sure it is a Vectorworks issue as when I convert the polygon to lines it will print. Any ideas? thx Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 How about some info- OS, VW version, Plotter etc. Are you cropping the viewport and what object are you using to crop with. [ 08-25-2004, 07:38 AM: Message edited by: Ray Libby ] Quote Link to comment
g.h.design Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 Windows XP Pro VW 11.0.1 Plotter is hp designjet 650 It is the same when I use a polygon, rectangle or no crop.... Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Sorry, I should have asked before, what printer driver? I am having similar problems, but only in a crop and only when I use anything but a rectangle to crop with. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Can either of you email a file to me along with system, VW version, and printer driver information and an explaination of the problem? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Already did. Email from you dated 5/12: "Ray, I am working with the engineer regarding the printing issue." My original post: http://techboard.nemetschek.net/cgi/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=22&t=000332 It happens in every file. Windows XP VW 11.01 AMD 2500+ Barton @ 2.2 Ghz 1 GB Memory NVidia GeoForce FX5700 6.1.7.7 Drivers w/dual monitors HP DesignJet 430 4.65 Drivers All the latest drivers, bios, etc. Quote Link to comment
g.h.design Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 My driver is HP DesignJet 650C(C2858B) I will e-mail a file after I pare it down some to isolate the problem... thx Quote Link to comment
g.h.design Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 Computer is a dell xps 8300 3.0 ghz 1.3 gb ram 128 mb ati 9800 Quote Link to comment
g.h.design Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 Also, I just output the image on my epson stylus 880 with no line loss... Maybe the print driver?? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Ray - (et all) This was a driver issue with HP DesignJet driver 4.65. It involved lines disappearing inside a non-rectangular clipping region. HP said they were able to reproduce it and that it would be fixed in the next release. Increasing the line weight may be a workaround. Rasterize printing is also a workaround. [ 09-01-2004, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: Katie ] Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Thanks Katie. Quote Link to comment
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