Hi everyone,
We are battling Rhino 6 printing issue with hatches. None of the hatches show in the PDF or any print what so ever. Screen shot is showing the hatches (attached) and the PDF print keeps hatched areas blank. Is there any solution to this?
Rhino 6 Hatch - 1.pdf (3.0 MB)
Hi Robert -
Please run the Rhino SystemInfo command and copy-paste the result here.
-wim
Rhino 6 SR35 2021-8-10 (Rhino 6, 6.35.21222.17001, Git hash:master @ 073ac7b225c67348731c6597127b9410126c3139)
License type: Commercial, build 2021-08-10
License details: Stand-Alone
Windows 10.0.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 32Gb)
Machine name: ROBUPGRADE
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 7-21-2022 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 516.94
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #0
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #1
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Anti-alias mode: 8x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 7-21-2022
Driver Version: 31.0.15.1694
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8 GB
Rhino plugins
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\SolidTools.rhp “SolidTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 6.35.21222.17001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RPC.rhp “RPC”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoBonusTools.rhp “Rhino Bonus Tools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoLabsTools.rhp “Rhino Labs Tools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Tibidabo\Tibidabo.rhp “Tibidabo”
C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell for Rhino\maxwell_rhino.rhp “Maxwell for Rhino” 5.2.6.0
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 6.35.21222.17001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Alerter.rhp “Alerter”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\IronPython\RhinoDLR_Python.rhp “IronPython” 6.35.21222.17001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 6.35.21222.17001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Tibidabo\VisualARQ.rhp “VisualARQ”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 6.35.21222.17001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\export_PDF.rhp “PDF Export” 6.35.21222.17001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 6.35.21222.17001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\NamedPositions.rhp “Named Position”
Hi Robert -
In a quick test here, hatches are printed to the PDF file.
Can you post a very simple file that doesn’t behave?
-wim
Thanks, Robert.
When I open that file and look for hatches, there are none. I can’t find any in model space or on the layout from which you showed a screen shot - and that detail looks like this on my end:
How can I get this file in a state where I can see the hatches - or, better yet, can you post a file in the state that it needs to be in?
Also, if VisualARQ is somehow involved in this file, we should probably change the category for this thread so that the correct people can have a closer look.
-wim
Hi Wim,
The viewport is tied to the section D and all sections were purged to make file lighter.
Attached is in the link is the original file.
KS4134 - Forum.rar (10.8 MB)
I still can`t print in any format with the hatches. As a reference I am attaching the AutoCAD PDF shop drawings that inherited all Rhino hatches and they work with no problem.
183 Cobham Road.pdf (758.4 KB)
Hi -
I can’t find any clipping planes nor hatches in that new file either.
I am assuming this is a VisualARQ question…
-wim
@robert.dvornicky I could print some of your pages to pdf with Rhino 6, VisualARQ 2.12.5, and the Rhino PDF printer with no apparent problems. See the results attached:
KS4134 01- Forum.pdf (718.4 KB)
KS4134 - Forum.pdf (732.6 KB)
Which VisualARQ version do yo have? Which PDF printer are you using?
Make sure you are the last VisualARQ version (Update - VisualARQ)
Hi Francesc,
VisualARQ is up to date and we use Bluebeam Revu CAD for PDF printouts. Rhino PDF and Primo PDF do not work either. Also, hatches do not appear on .jpg and .png printouts.
Hi Robert, that’s weird. Can you share the screenshots of the other Print Setup settings, (View and output scale, margins and Position, etc…)?
That way I can see if we have anything different.
Can you print regular Rhino hatches?
Hi Robert, I don’t understand why you don’t see the hatches in the pdf result.
Can you try it with the Rhino PDF? And tell me which resolution you use?.
I don’t have the Bluebeam PDF printer.
Do you mean Rhino hatch objects or the hatches as section attributes? In other words, do Rhino Hatch objects print in your file?
No hatches whatsoever in any format or any type. They don`t even print on the office printers.
However, the do show on the HP A0 plotter.
Hi -
Hatch.3dm (1.8 MB)
So, if you open this file and run Print and use the Rhino PDF printer, the resulting PDF is blank?
-wim
