HD86445: PRINT: DASHED TWO DOTTED LINE PATTERN CENTER IS SHOWN AS SOLID LINE WHEN IT IS OF SHORT LENGTH.

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• Dashed two dotted line pattern center is shown as
  solid line when it is of short length.
  .
  SCENARIO:
  1) Start CATIA.
  2) Open the provided CATDrawing.
  3) Notice the four line types which are dotted line,
  dashed line, dashed dotted line and dashed two
  dotted line. All types lines are created as long and
  short line.
  4) Select Print command and then select preview
  button.
  .
  OBSERVATION:
  Notice that long lines are correctly recognized as
  their type, however for short lines, Dashed two
  dotted line is not correctly shown. The Dashed two
  dotted line is shown as Solid line for short length.
  .
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  The pattern center of Dashed two dotted line
  should be dot or space and not dashed line. This
  way the a Dashed two dotted line of short length
  would not be shown as Solid line.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Dashed two dotted line pattern center is shown as
  solid line when it is of short length.
  .
  SCENARIO:
  1) Start CATIA.
  2) Open the provided CATDrawing.
  3) Notice the four line types which are dotted line,
  dashed line, dashed dotted line and dashed two
  dotted line. All types lines are created as long and
  short line.
  4) Select Print command and then select preview
  button.
  .
  OBSERVATION:
  Notice that long lines are correctly recognized as
  their type, however for short lines, Dashed two
  dotted line is not correctly shown. The Dashed two
  dotted line is shown as Solid line for short length.
  .
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  The pattern center of Dashed two dotted line
  should be dot or space and not dashed line. This
  way the a Dashed two dotted line of short length
  would not be shown as Solid line.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN CATIA.
  Additional Closure Information:
  INCIDENT DIAGNOSIS:
  Dashed two dotted line pattern center is shown as solid line
  when it is of short length.
  Line type 5 (Dashed two dotted line) is printed as solid if
  its length is less than 9mm.
  .
  RESTRICTION EXPLANATION:
  Line type 5 keeps the longer dash (which is 7mm) at the center
  while printing or showing preview. The minimum length
  required to properly visualize the line type is more than 9mm
  (two spaces of 1 mm each on either side of 7mm dash). This
  implementation is done according to ISO and other standards.
  As this implementation is old, any modification performed
  will cause regression for other users leading to restriction
  on it.
  .
  DOCUMENTATION REFERENCE:
  Under Infrastructure \ CATIA Infrastructure User Guide \
  Reference Information \ About Printing and Capturing \ Print
  Settings \ Various Options \ Linetype specification,
  following line is mentioned:
  .
  But when you print the object, the pattern is applied
  according to the geometry's length. Therefore, if the
  geometry's length is lower than the pattern's size, the
  pattern is only partially applied.
  .
  ANSWER AND BYPASS:
  User can define its own line type using Tools / Standards.
  Line type 25 and 29 (ISO standards) both are defined to look
  similar to line type 5 however with a different print
  definition compared to line type 5.
  Print definition for line type 5 (which cannot be seen by end
  user as it is non-editable) is +7 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1
  User can create line types with definition as follows:
  +1-1+1-1+7 (order changed from dash-dot-dot to dot-dot-dash),
  thus line is not printed as solid even at 3 mm
  or
  3.5 -0.5 +0.5 -0.5 +0.5 -0.5, this reduces length for pattern
  elements by half keeping the proportion same.
  Various such solutions can be explored by user.
  .
  

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