TheSwamp
CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: Pukenzz on April 09, 2019, 10:35:50 AM
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I know this topic has been done to death but I'm not getting the results some are suggesting. When drawing 3d and plotting viewports I have many times that I want my viewport to show the hidden lines. I set my VP to Visual Style of 2d wireframe, my shade plot to 3d hidden. All colors are index color and I am using monochrome.ctb. I want my plot to come out B&W however it is plotting the color of the layers. Without doing a bunch of customizing, am I doing something wrong that needs changed to get all my lines to B&W regardless of which index color they are on.
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One thing I'm noticing is that if I change the shade plot through the modify properties menu I can set it to 3d hidden. But if I add an object field to tell me the shade plot property it says it is set to conceptual. And conceptual seems to always follow the color.
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Would this code help?
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/lisp-routine-for-viewport-visual-styles/m-p/8625992#M381694
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It is helpful and I see great possibilities for it. However, not what I'm looking for. That is controlling the visual style. What I need to control is the Shade Plot.
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And 'as displayed' does not work?
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as displayed does not work. See attached... note how when shade plot is set to 3d hidden it makes the hidden lines show dashed / hidden, that's what I want but I want the lines B&W not color . This 3d hidden option does not appear to be available in all drawings.
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Can you post your DWG?
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Yep, here you go...
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Maybe try changing all your edge colors to white in the 3d Hidden visual style and make the silhouette edge width 1 ?
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Thanks Ron, that is significantly better and much closer to what I'm looking for.
Seems like a very basic thing that just doesn't have an efficient way to control.
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Glad to help. :)