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TBC plotter line weight differences

  • 1.  TBC plotter line weight differences

    Posted 10-24-2024 04:22

    I am printing from TBC 2024.01 to a Canon iPF670 A1 plotter.  The line weights are all 0.000mm but the printed line is 5 times as thick.

    Text and symbols also plot thicker

    If I create a PDF then print the PDF the line weights are correct.  The same is correct plotting occurs if I export and plot a DWG.

    Plotting directly to a RICOH IM C4500 also produces incorrect thicknesses

    Any ideas

    To Plotter, To PDF to Plotter, To DWG to Plotter


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    Alan Walters
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  • 2.  RE: TBC plotter line weight differences

    Posted 02-14-2025 13:19

    Hey - did you ever hear back about this? I'm having a similar issue. Something is screwy with the text lineweight. If you want it to plot with any thickness at all (v 2024.10) - you have to set to lineweight 0.00. But that won't work for items like line/point labels - since you cannot adjust those lineweights. Even weirder - we've plotted the exact same sheet within 2 minutes apart, using the same version of TBC, but from different laptops & the lineweights do not match eachother. We just recently switched from using AutoCAD to TBC for our plot plans - but this kind of bug is making us second guess that decision. Can someone from Trimble please look into this??? We are plotting plan sets, direct to PDF 



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    Ken Herwig
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  • 3.  RE: TBC plotter line weight differences

    Posted 02-17-2025 01:03

    I only got advice from my local supplier and that was to use PDF – nothing from Trimble

     

    Cheers

     

    Alan Walters| | Survey Instructor

    Construction Division| MKC Training

     




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  • 4.  RE: TBC plotter line weight differences

    Posted 27 days ago

    Alan,

    I have seen some similar issues, can you maybe send over an example data set, add a link

    Ideally go through the dealer who can send a case to us in support?

    Attn Alan Cliff might get it to me!

    Alan



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    Alan Cliff
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  • 5.  RE: TBC plotter line weight differences

    Posted 26 days ago

    This has been a bug in TBC for as long as I can remember.  I used to use a pdf printer driver called PDFCreator that worked just like a regular printer and the lineweights were way off from what you would expect.  However using the built in PDF generator in the "Print Plan Set" command seems to mostly match expected results.  So now I exclusively print to pdf and then send the pdf to the printer.  It's another one of those Trimble features you just have to become accustomed to.



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    Wayne Welshans
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