I am running two networked computers and a networked Designjet 510 plotter. One computer runs LT2013 and the other LT2014.
I am having an issue with the LT2013 machine in that it plots much darker than it should (uses a heavier lineweight). I have checked the plotter set up and plot style and both appear the same.
I have a drawing with several views from the VIEWBASE command that turned out great. I ended up having to use a viewport for one of my views because certain features wouldn't show in a base view. The problem is, the lineweight of the viewport looks quite a bit heavier and more pixelated than the base views. I tried it with my own plotstyle and several of the generic autocad ones.
How can I make the viewport look as crisp and clean as everything else?
I've attached a screenshot for reference.
I am finding that my DWF files sent to the plotter are plotting with the linework being heavier than the same file sent directly to our plotter. These are just lines that should plot with a narrow width (ie walls on a floor plan) but they seem to be about twice the width and hence look "darker". Is there a setting that I am missing or some other way to get the lines to plot out thinner? Also, TTF fonts plot thicker in DWF. I've tried the various options in the DWF viewer when sending to the plotter, but none seem to work.
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Kaspersky 2013.
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No problem doing a static balance but when it is rotating its off balance end to end and shakes the equipment its on.
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how to change this behaviour so they show the same weight thin in the computer window?
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NO, I don't have any problem with making a helical hand rail along the circumference of a spiral stairway (or helical stair stringer)!
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Use the mesh as reference to sculpt a new model
or
Get it simplified enough to turn into quads to subdivide
or ???
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how to improve Illustrator (CS6) performance on a photo-heavy document.
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