Hi,
I applied some clip masks to a reference file that is attached to a sheet model in order to "block" the elements within those areas from being visible or plotting. In the attached pdf the clip masks were defined by creating a fence from circles, then applying the masks through Reference Manager.
What's happening is that when I zoom out the adjacent linework disappears, both in the design model and in the plot. the farther you zoom out, the more that disappears. If I zoom way in, it is all visible - almost like there is a lineweight being applied. In the pdf the heavy lines running into the circle at right angles are what is being inadvertently clipped. both the large gap running left from the circle and the small gap running down from the circle are errors - those lines are solid with no gaps.
I do not know for certain that this is happening from the clip masks, but it occurs at each of four defined for the reference file attachment.
I'm using clips because trying to "mask" the reference file linework with dense hatches or opaque fills did not work, regardless of whether the hatch/fill was applied in the referenced design file, or in the sheet model parent dgn.
Does anyone have any ideas of either how to fix this, or a better method of blocking circular portions of the reference file from appearing and plotting?
thanks,
david
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