LeeDrafter Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 hello, I am drawing a CAD detail that involves hidden (dashed) lines that are only 3" long. I selected the smallest dashed line from the drop-down menu, but it still only shows as a solid line. The dashes don't show when I print from layout either. I have read through forums a bit before I decided to ask this question- so I made sure the page setup dbx says line weight of 1=1/100 mm. I don't know if that has anything to do with my problem or not. All I want is to be able to draw a very short dashed line and still be able to see the dashes. The dashes are visible if I toggle off the lineweights, but that won't do me much good if it doesn't print that way. I appreciate any help- Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 There is a "create line style" tool in Chief, try it. If your having a printing problem just increase the line-weight of the line. out of the box it might be set to 1, I use 12 to 200 depending on what I need. I would keep that 1=100 the same and change line weights as needed. It does mean to go through all your layer-sets and change them but once set up you wont have to do it again if you use templates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 hello, I am drawing a CAD detail that involves hidden (dashed) lines that are only 3" long. I selected the smallest dashed line from the drop-down menu, but it still only shows as a solid line. The dashes don't show when I print from layout either. I have read through forums a bit before I decided to ask this question- so I made sure the page setup dbx says line weight of 1=1/100 mm. I don't know if that has anything to do with my problem or not. All I want is to be able to draw a very short dashed line and still be able to see the dashes. The dashes are visible if I toggle off the lineweights, but that won't do me much good if it doesn't print that way. I appreciate any help- Than Very difficult to answer. Many different reasons for this behavior. If you want an answer, I would be willing to look at it if you post the plan with layout. To do this, with layout selected go to FILE<BACK UP PLAN ENTIRE PLAN and save this to a new folder and post or provide a drop box link to access large files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 dont think there is a lineweight scale as in ACRAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 There is an Endcap Printed Length setting in Preferences...CAD...Line Properties that may help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeDrafter Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Thanks all! I will try these things. Haven't had time to revisit it lately. But thanks for all the suggestions. I will post the file if I am still having trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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