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AutoCAD Based Plot (Ribbon/Toolbar/Location)

Button: Plot

Description:

When plotting two viewports, one with center-to-center lengths, and the other with cut lenghts, the riser nipples/vertical pipes will show both, even if your layout tab looks fine.

LAYOUT TAB

PLOT PREVIEW

Solutions:

Cause:

Unsure why the VPFreeze function has stopped working for the Hydrapipes, but see the workarounds
Solution:

You will have to change 5 settings, 3 in the Layer Manager and 2 in the Plot Configuration.  The goal is to make the unwanted layer disappear into the background.  

 

Layer Properties Manager

 

In the example below, the highlighted layer is the one we want to fade into the background (SPRKDATB/cut dimenstions).

 

Make sure you're in the viewport you want to configure. 

VP Freeze = Frozen

VP Color = 255

VP Linetype = DOT

VP Transparency = 90

You'll do the same for SPRKDATA when you're in the cut dimension viewport.

 

Plot Style Table configuration (ie. Hydragray or whichever CTB file you're using)

 

Since the unwanted color is #255 in the Layer Properties Manager, find color 255, and set;

SCREENING = 0

LINE TYPE = Sparse Dot.

 

 

Save your CTB file and attempt to plot again
Updated: Feb. 12, 2024, 4:27 p.m. Created: July 19, 2023, 4:36 p.m.