contractcad Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I'm creating Elevations in Line Drawing view and am attempting to display the foundation lines below grade as hidden. I'm trying to use a technique I've seen used before where you mask the area in a polyline box with a transparent background and the border whited out along with a diagonal fill hatch in white. My first issue is that even though I attempt to widen the spacing I've created between the dashes using line weight it appears that I'm not seeing a noticeable change in width in my Elevation View. I've attempted to check my work by printing to PDF but I have come across another problem that acts more like a bug in the program than an error that I have created. On the elevation that I've attempted to modify in this way my polyline box I have created prints as a large blank spot covering an area around twice that the box actually covers, taking out the house completely from just under the roof line and extending down past the elevation label. I also have problems that elevation dimensions creating in the view shift noticeably from layout to pdf. Lines that I have overlaid onto the said elevation depicting grades also shift wildly from layout to pdf print. I also have another elevation view on that same page that has ghosting and shifting of lines. I'd be pulling my hair out about now but... don't have enough to do so. Now it's been a while since 9488 Silverside 18 0127 sht 4 19 0215.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 1st thing i'd do is try different PDF Printers eg Bullzip, Adobe, Chief Built In PDF etc and see if that is the Issue.... X11 just came out so answers maybe slow for this question for a day or too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contractcad Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yep I tried several pdf printers. or at least 2 and disregarded a third (Microsoft print to PDF does not print in D size). And one of the other 2 was the Chief Architect Print to PDF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Make the foundation layer line type dashed. Never been a big fan of the CAD mask when you can control this with layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, joey_martin said: Make the foundation layer line type dashed. Joey, how do you keep the above-grade portion of the foundation a dark, non-dashed linetype, such as the part of the foundation on the far left of the view you attached? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Just add a CAD line or use the edit tools and pull on of the dark lines down from above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Is your stone veneer in that area just a CAD fill. I usually use pony walls for those situations and I don't like the stone portion dashed below grade. That's why I couldn't figure out how you did the portion above grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contractcad Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Joey, I figured I could change the wall linetype but never tried because of the reason of above grond lines that Ridge Runner gave, but I figured what the heck and just now attempted your suggestion - but without success. I can easily change the foundation wall linetype in the plan view but no matter what I try (ie. change linetype under wall type in the wall specification dialogue or all layers that pop up when I highlight the wall in the elevation view) I cannot get the elevation view to display the foundation as hidden lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Were you in the section view layer set when you tried to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contractcad Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Yep, tried it there as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Go to the foundation wall layer (in the Section View layer set) and change the wall's line style to dashed. Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Not a CAD fill for the stone. It's a pony wall I simply SHIFT>SELECT and delete the below grade portion of the stone I don't want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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