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Grid fill lines change when plotted

brittsax
Booster

Hi I'm having a problem with one fill type when plotting - the lines thickness get much larger when plotting vs. when viewing before plot. See attached view before and after. Is there some type of setting I am missing? Thanks 

 

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Laurentiu
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Maybe these are 2 different views, cause it for sure looks you have 2 different pen sets.

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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin

You could also try to Plot with the "Hairline" option enabled and see if that achieves the desired result.

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The first view is from the view map and second is plotted and I just took a screenshot of the pdf. 

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Where is the hairline option for plotting? I think it is hairline by default for on screen view options

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brittsax
Booster

Also forgot to mention these are zones that are using a cover fill

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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin

If you use the File > Plot Dialog, you will find a "Hairline" checkbox there. 

If you Publish to PDF, in the "Document Options" Dialog of Publisher Sets, there is also a "Hairline" checkbox.

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The white pen for the grid lines in the fill is probably a very thick white pen.

You could change it to a thinner pen or edit that pen in the pen set to be thinner (that will affect everything that uses that pen).

 

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