johnny Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 After the last patch I cannot get the watercolor settings with line overlay (extend line/squiggle) to work correctly at all going to PDF. I made a very exaggerated example to show what it looks like in Chief vs what is printed. Its so frustrating when releases that are suppose to help end up bringing their own new bugs. I assume it was the last patch, but it may have been the one before. A couple months ago it was working fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Have you updated your video card driver in that same time period ? I have been having issues with some of the the latest Nvidia drivers and PDF display. Maybe you could post a pdf of that page and also what print driver you used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 28 minutes ago, Chopsaw said: Have you updated your video card driver in that same time period ? I have been having issues with some of the the latest Nvidia drivers and PDF display. Maybe you could post a pdf of that page and also what print driver you used. Thanks. I'll check updating the v-card. So I was curious if anyone else had this issue to determine if its actually just me, or Chief...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Johnny, I'm getting about the same results you are. Line Extensions just don't seem to exist in the PDF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Johnny, I am getting a significant line extension reduction in print preview and then they are almost eliminated in the PDF. The ones that still remain are much shorter and finer. This does not seem to be related to the Nvidia Driver problem. Also I am still running v. 19.3.1.7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 Thanks guys for checking on this. I'll go ahead and report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 You know the watercolor rendering type is one of the coolest in Chief - something i've used to change my process from drawing concepts by hand - BUT, in Chief its the most buggy style by far. I was looking at other bug submittals i made with this render type nearly a year ago thats still an issue today - specifically, windows sometimes don't show opaque even though the setting is checked. Chief - please fix this render style so it works properly!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 So everyone knows Chief has acknowledged this is a bug, but the reality is the fix will most likely be part of X10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Is this from update 19.3.1.8 ? I have not done that one yet and hoping my draftsperson has not either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I just did several wc's without any line extensions but I turn those to zero all the time . I like the look better when I'm not looking for the artsy look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 On 2017-09-25 at 3:40 PM, johnny said: You know the watercolor rendering type is one of the coolest in Chief - something i've used to change my process from drawing concepts by hand - BUT, in Chief its the most buggy style by far. I was looking at other bug submittals i made with this render type nearly a year ago thats still an issue today - specifically, windows sometimes don't show opaque even though the setting is checked. Chief - please fix this render style so it works properly!!!! I ran into windows not showing opaque and how I fixed it was change the glass to another glass and then change it back and it seemed to work this way every time... it is very annoying and takes time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 On 9/28/2017 at 1:02 PM, DRAWZILLA said: I just did several wc's without any line extensions but I turn those to zero all the time . I like the look better when I'm not looking for the artsy look There are actually a few other issues with the rendering style regardless of the "artsy" lines. If you notice windows or door glass that have other windows or door glass behind them don't allow for "opaque" settings (as David mentions too). Couple other things wrong, but i was told by support they would be fixed in X10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 also mirrors will not reflect other mirrors in the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I have to say even with the issues I use watercolour all the time to show clients design.. to me much better than trying to create a photorealistic rendering that always looks fake unless you take a ton of time.. watercolour takes secs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 2 hours ago, dskogg said: I have to say even with the issues I use watercolour all the time to show clients design.. to me much better than trying to create a photorealistic rendering that always looks fake unless you take a ton of time.. watercolour takes secs.. I do too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Was there ever a resolution to the watercolor-to-pdf issue. Really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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