Plotting Hidden & Hidden with Obscured Edges with Plot Styles

[stusic]

I cannot for the life of me get his to work. I've got a sheet with 3 viewports. One of these viewports should be hidden and plot with our plot style. The other two viewports should be hidden and show obscured lines. All should print black.

I've got the hidden viewport shadeplot settings to "legacy hidden", which prints correctly. But when I use this setting, the geometry in the other viewports don't plot. The other viewports are set to If I set the "hidden" viewport to anything but legacy, my other viewports print fine. If I set all to Legacy Hidden, they all print, but without hidden lines. I have a custom VS based off "Hidden" that shows occluded edges.

To simplify it, lets look at the shadeplot settings and assume VP1 is the viewport I want hidden and VP2 is the one I want hidden with linetypes:

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VP1: Legacy Hidden
VP2: Legacy Hidden
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VP1: Correct
VP2: No hidden lines showing

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VP1: Legacy Hidden
VP2: Custom VS (hidden w/ lines)
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VP1: Correct
VP2: Geometry missing

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VP1: Hidden
VP2: Custom VS (hidden w/ lines)
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VP1: Plots in color
VP2: Correct

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VP1: 3D Hidden
VP2: Custom VS (hidden w/ lines)
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VP1: Plots in color
VP2: Correct

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VP1: Legacy Hidden
VP2: As Displayed (VP has Custom VS active)
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VP1: Correct
VP2: Geometry missing

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Is there a way to get Autocad to plot multiple viewports with mixed visual satyles AND with plot styles? It seems simple.

EDIT: I should clarify this applies 3D solids, not 2D geometry, sorry

[stusic]

After a little bit of digging and testing, there seems to be a few things I've noticed:

1. Anything besides a "Legacy" shadeplot setting does not adhere to any plot styles.
2. In layouts with viewports that have BOTH "Legacy" and non-legacy shadeplot settings (with the exception of the wireframes), the geometry in the non-legacy viewports don't plot. This appears to be caused by the inability to combine visual styles that have a mix of "Facet Edges" and "Isolines".
3. Non-legacy shadeplot settings are raster, while legacy settings maintain their vector information.

Is there a way to plot hidden lines with the "Legacy Hidden" option?

[stusic]

I may be just talking to myself, but found something else.

I decided I'd try to make a custom visual style from one of the current styles that works when other viewports use the "Legacy Hidden" style. I chose 3D Wireframe, made a copy and changed the Occluded Edges linetype from solid to dashed. I set my viewports to this style and it visually appeared correct. I set this style as the shadeplot. Although it actually appeared when plotted (with vector information intact), it showed the hidden lines as solid no matter what linetype I chose.

Continuing on...

[Opie]

I may be just talking to myself, but found something else..

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[stusic]

We're listening. We just don't have any more to add.

Thanks For better or worse, I tend to reply to my messages as I'm tracking things down, maybe as help for someone later down the road.