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Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
Autodesk Support
Nov 15, 2024
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Users reported that when plotting to PDF, printing to a physical printer, or publishing from AutoCAD, object lineweights display thicker, thinner, darker, or lighter than displayed in the drawing.
Previewing the plot shows the same issue.
Alternatively try one or more of the following to resolve the issue:
Lines that are either parallel or close together, will display as one thick line. This depends on the overall scale of the printed content and if the distance between the lines exceeds that of their overall lineweight.
This means the smaller the scale of a printed drawing the higher the chance that individual lines will display as one thick line in a PDF or physical output.
Prove it by zooming in closely to the affected line(s).
This might be due to lineweight display being deactivated:
In the Plot or Page Set up dialogue window, turn off the following two settings:
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