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Expert: - 8/16/2004


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My hidden and dashed lines are now solid, when previewing a file for print.  Can you tell me what i need to do to see those hidden lines as hidden? FYI, I am using Autocad AD 1

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Eddie

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Eddie
I believe you are looking at a paper space viewport that is too small.  Especially if you are doing civil or architectural drafting.  It is a common complaint.  Often, when you first open paper space, you see a viewport that is 8.56" x 11" and its contents are shown to fit.  The viewport needs to be scaled up.  for example, if you are doing architectural work and you want to plot at 1/4" = 1'-0" you need to scale the viewport times 48.  Then double-click in the viewport and center the view on the part of the drawing you want centered for the page.  Then run the zoom command with 1XP as the option.  That zooms model space equal to paper space.  Now your lines that are hidden in model space should show up hidden in the layout tab as well.

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