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    • T Offline
      todd burch
      last edited by

      Perhaps it has something to do with dashed lines not being profile lines, but appearing as open line segments, but they are really bordering a face? Should be reproducible manually if that's the case. Try PDFing this file.

      If it does not fail, lay this square onto another larger face and try again.

      Todd


      manual_dashes.skp

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        matteo
        last edited by

        I've made a test drawing, with the some strange output.

        Here attached the .skp file and the .pdf output.

        dash test.layout

        dash test.skp

        dash test vector.pdf

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          matteo
          last edited by

          Todd,

          I've tested your manual dashes: it gives me the some problem in layout.
          It's not only the pdf export that fails, but even what is displayed as vector visualization in layout.

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            todd burch
            last edited by

            @matteo said:

            Todd,

            I've tested your manual dashes: it gives me the some problem in layout.
            It's not only the pdf export that fails, but even what is displayed as vector visualization in layout.

            Well, that is both good news and bad news.

            The good news is that DashedLines script cannot be the culprit, because I created that box manually without the script. DashedLines here is an innocent victim.

            The bad news is that is not good news for anyone but me. 🤣

            Thanks for running the test! Todd

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              matteo
              last edited by

              Is anyone so kind to test if this happens on other computer configurations.
              I'm running LO on windows xp sp3 and will try with windows 7.

              I'm just curious to know if this is a bug of LO or just a problem of my PC.

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                bjanzen
                last edited by

                It happens on Mac as well.

                Engineers are looking at it, but they're busy and we'll get back to you. In the interim, you can work around it as Jeff suggested, render in hybrid, or draw the line slightly offset from the face. It's really a SketchUp issue, not a LayOut issue, as you'll see the same issue on PDF export in SketchUp. In LayOut, we're looking at why hybrid and vector differ. Thanks, matteo & Todd for helping with this.

                b

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                  Charlie__V
                  last edited by

                  All,
                  Same here on Win XP Pro SP3
                  I find that if your style has face setting set to hidden line mode the dashed lines will display/render correctly (Vector).
                  All other face styles(modes) will not render/display correctly.

                  As for workaround:
                  In SU.....select your desired style and untick display edges...save this style for use in Raster/Hybrid mode in LO.
                  Create a style with edges on and face settings in hidden line mode.
                  IN LO:
                  Once your model view is set with your desired style (edges off) copy the model view and paste in place......changed the copied style to the hidden line mode style and turn off the background.

                  You are baisically layering one model on top of the other and may want to isolate the two by placing on different layers and move forward or backward if/as required.

                  Best,
                  C


                  Raster layered under Vector

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                    matteo
                    last edited by

                    Charlie, Bjanzen, Todd,

                    thank you all. It's clear now that this is a Sketchup bug.
                    I used that workaround several times, and I was tired - I'll draw only full lines and make them dashed in my dtp application. This is the fastest solution for me.

                    /matteo

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                      jhauswirth
                      last edited by

                      I think the problem might be the same as the z-fighting issue.
                      Are the lines on the same plane as the faces they are drawn on?
                      Can you pull the lines up off the ground/faces by a very small
                      amount and see how it looks then?

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                        Charlie__V
                        last edited by

                        @jhauswirth said:

                        I think the problem might be the same as the z-fighting issue.
                        The dashed lines consistently render while in hidden line mode so I don't think it is Z-fight related.
                        Are the lines on the same plane as the faces they are drawn on?
                        Yes (in test file)
                        Can you pull the lines up off the ground/faces by a very small
                        amount and see how it looks then?
                        I tried this (+ 1/8") and it did not resolve the missing line segmnets

                        Thanks for you help on this,
                        Best,
                        C

                        Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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