Hi there,
I'm trying to call out a location in my drawing with a dashed line, but when I print the drawing, the dashes do not show up. They come out as a solid line. I have adjusted the length of the dashes as well as the space between the dashes, but it's still printing the line as a solid. Thoughts?
Are you printing the drawing directly from Solidworks?
If so, try saving it as a PDF and then print it to see if it fixes the issue.
Lol, I just edited my post to say that it worked as a pdf. Why would that be?
Jeff Harper wrote:
In my experience, printing directly from Solidworks kind of sucks.
I ALWAYS save as a PDF and print that way. Besides, it gives the shop floor something to look at without having to open Solidworks.
I actually don't have any idea why your dashed line is not printing correctly. Maybe hit the reset button here and try again (if you have ever changed these settings)?
Outside of that, check your preview when you print directly from Solidworks. Does it show solid there?
Is it a draft quality view by any chance?
I am just grasping at straws here..... Sorry.
Dan,
I messed with the line weights but that didn't do the trick. I guess I'll just print it as a pdf. I have never sat down it front of a brand new version of SW before. I usually work for a company that has been using SW for years and all of the settings have been adjusted as needed. I was just thinking there was some sort of box that I needed to check in order to get it working properly. This is the first time I've ever run into this issue. Thanks for your help Dan-
