Hi all,
I'm curious as to what determines which settings are used when you set a viewport to use the Hidden Shade Plot setting.
Here's my problem: I'm using AMEP'09 and the Project Navigator (PN). I have my drawings set up to use style-based plot styles (.stb), and the .stb file is set to print in monochrome (at different lineweights). I'm trying to print a 3D isometric view of some ductwork, and I'd like to use a Hidden style so that it's not just a huge mess of lines.
When I'm in the Construct (PN speak for the drawing where my ductwork is located), I can make a layout tab with a viewport set to Hidden, and it plots out in monochrome (yay!). However, the lineweights are not correct (they're all the same thickness), but this isn't really a big deal. Additionally, it behaves the same way in my View drawing as well (PN speak for the drawing my Construct is xref'd in to).
The problem comes in when I'm in my Sheet drawing (PN speak for the drawing that xrefs several Views together to put onto a single layout). In my Sheet drawing, when I set the 3D viewport to Hidden, it won't plot in monochrome, only color. If I change the display style to 2D wireframe and the ShadePlot to 'As Displayed' then it works fine (monochrome+lineweights), but it's an completely incomprehensible jumble of lines. I really need to figure out how to get it to plot Hidden and in monochrome in this Sheet drawing.
I realize that the 'Hidden' ShadePlot setting is the same as the Hide command in the Render toolbar, so maybe there's a setting in Render that can control this? (I've looked, but can't quite figure it out.)
So basically, my question is: How can I plot a Hidden 3D view in monocrhome?
Any ideas and help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Brad