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• The line weight for fill patterns is set for For any layout view, you can specify whether
individual objects in their specification the original line weight is maintained or not
dialogs. See “Fill Style Panel” on page in the Send to Layout and Change Scale
315. dialogs. See “Send To Layout Dialog” on
• The line weight applied to surface edges page 1291 and “Rescaling Views” on page
in Vector Views can be set in the Print 1299.
dialog. See “Print View Dialog” on page Note that in order to produce exact line
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• The end cap length of dashed lines in layout using the Plot Lines option. See “Plot
floor plan view is set in the Preferences Line Views” on page 1295.
dialog. See “CAD Panel” on page 122.
• An assigned line weight of 0 draws a line Note: Under most circumstances, you should
weight of 1 pixel, the thinnest line weight select Use Layout Line Scaling when sending
a printer allows. How thick this is varies views to layout.
from printer to printer. See “Printers and
Plotters” on page 1319. Line weight scaling affects both line weights
and line styles and can be particularly
Line Weights and Scaling noticeable with dashed line styles.
In the following image, the same floor plan
When a view is sent to layout, line weights view has been sent to layout twice, at two
may be affected by the drawing scale different scales. The view on the left was sent
selected for the view. This occurs when the at the same scale as the original view,
layout view’s scale is different from the 1/8” = 1’. The view on the right was sent at
drawing scale of the original view.
1” = 1’, or magnified eight times, to show an
For example, assume that you have an object area of the plan in greater detail.
in a view with a line weight of 20, and that
the view’s drawing scale is 1 mm = 50 mm.
• If you send the view to layout at 1 mm =
25 mm scale, twice the original scale, the
resulting printed line weight for this
object will increase to 40 instead of 20.
• If you send the view to layout at 1 mm =
100 mm scale, half the original scale, the
resulting printed line weight for this
object will decrease to 10 instead of 20.
You can specify the drawing scale for any Because the view on the right was sent to
orthogonal view by opening the Drawing layout at a scale other than that of the
Sheet Setup dialog while in that view. See original, it is subject to layout line scaling.
“Printing to Scale” on page 1327.

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