I am having an issue with the first and last line segments of a shape not creating a smooth joint when printing, when all the others are. I have tried changing the Default Line Join to various values along with the Maximum Miter Angle. The only thing I have been able to get to work is a block will correctly joint the corners when I set the join style to Miter (which is not what we want) when I print to a printer. When I print to pdf, it still fails to join in the pdf. Additionally, the generic shape will not join the first and last segments no mater what I do. Any suggestions?
Note: on the screen the corners are all joined correctly, it's only when I print that I have the issue.
Unknown said:I am having an issue with the first and last line segments of a shape not creating a smooth joint when printing
Can you post a DGN example file?
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Here is a picture of what I am getting, and the dgn it is from.
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Unknown said:Here is a picture of what I am getting, and the dgn it is from
Thanks for providing evidence.
The shapes look fine to me, and plot as PDF without the corner problem (see attachment). MicroStation V8i SS3 update 2 using the delivered pdf.pltdrv.
Thank you for your reply. It helped me realize it may not be a Microstation issue after all.
I found that if I select Rasterized, i do not have this issue on the printer or pdf. This is ok for the printer, but we would like the pdf to be non-rasterized due to scalability, printing time, and additional file size.
Without being able to decompress the pdf commands, I can only speculate that Microstation is using the pdf equivalent to a smart line to draw the shapes, which is why the joint is never properly closed. There is, however, a command to close the path, which will cause the reader to correctly display the shape with rounded corners at all ends. I have attached my hand edited pdf file showing a rectangle with and without the close command. Probably way more information that you are interested in, but since I figured it out I thought I would share.
Thanks again!
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