lineweights

[pmtrevisan1]

hello group.
fairly basic question.
I've set up lineweights per the CaD standards, but would like to know if they are sheet size specific

I'm an old dinosaur of cad and draw everything I modelspace. so I scale everything in there . please no bashing as I've tried pspace and for a one man shop couldnt get the hang of it.

so is there a simple way to get the right lineweight when plotted to different scales and sheet sizes

tia

p.

 

[Sparweb]

20+ years user of ACAD.
I dimly recall doing all sheets in MSPACE...
I used to use LTSCALE to deal with the hidden/phantom/center lines that way, when one drawing sheet needed to be rescaled, because the sheet was a different scale from another sheet beside it in modelspace. You would also be doing scale to window and selecting new windows around every sheet to print it all off... So there were lots of things to change before each page could be printed. There might be a command that scales lineweights this way, too. But I don't know it.

Isn't there a check-box in the print dialog that does this? "Scale lineweights to sheet scale" or some such thing?

No one believes the theory except the one who developed it. Everyone believes the experiment except the one who ran it.
STF

 

[pmtrevisan1]

I'm all good with that. got a few more years than you on autocad.... since 1986.... when it known as autotrol....
its just the lineweights printed to different scales. didnt think it would matter, but with current lineweight set up when I print 1/4" = 1ft on 11 x 17 it looks ok

printing with same lineweights on arch d at 1/8"=1ft lines are alot thinner.

all lineweights are setup up in ctb file and using the same one for all sheet sizes as well as scales.

thanks

p

 

[BUGGAR]

Set your lineweights in the layers property box. The thickness you set here will print that thick on the paper regardless of scales, etc.
Then when you print, "plot object lineweights".
(caution: from old memory)

 

[pmtrevisan1]

definatley will check these settings again.

cheers
p