[arriscad] Offset Images and Problems with Patterns

[Neal Logan]

One thought is the distance from Absolute Zero.  We often draw relative to an imported survey, and always reset the origin to close location such as corner of property line.  We have noticed and incremental shift of the viewport definition that becomes critical when great distance from A0.

We had always been instructed to put patterns on separate layer (zones, too). This also helps when recreating or repairing patterns (especially if you have a continuous borders to use as chase for recreating patterns).

Neal Logan
Edward Farr Architects, Inc.
7710 Golden Triangle Drive
Eden Prairie,  MN 55344
Direct.  952-697-1083
Main:  952 943-9660

From: arriscad [mailto:arriscad-bounces at lists.arriscad.com] On Behalf Of Phil Lederach
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:18 PM
To: arriscad at lists.arriscad.com
Subject: [arriscad] Offset Images and Problems with Patterns

I have a project where I'm having difficulty with several things.  I'm not sure if they are related or not:


1)    When I Regenerate Display Lists the plans get offsetting images - i.e. the door frames come up separately as an offset image from the plan; also I've had plans come up separately from other sections of the plan, or patterns come up separately from the plan.

2)    I seem to constantly have problems with patterns, and my problems seem to increase after I begin placing patterns.  In my most recent case - things seemed to be just fine until I start adding patterns to the building elevations.  It seems I constantly start having crashes, and/or problems with pattern recognition, or aligning once I place them, or try to cut them for a window or door, etc.  There are times where the patterns change direction, or disappear entirely.  In some cases patterns appear where none were ever placed.

3)    I also have problems with plotting PDF files, especially sheets that have patterns on.  The sheets appear to plot into PDF format fine - everything looks to be just fine - pens, patterns, text appear to be great.  But when I send them to my printer/plotter, it tells me there's a problem with the page.  Again, everything appears (looks) to be fine the way I intended the sheet to look but there seems to be something else going on that's not readily apparent in the PDF image.  In one instance after a great deal of fuss, I got rid of the patterns, because they never seemed right every time I'd go back into the viewport, so, I redid them, and then replotted the PDF, and it then ran a hard copy print without any problems - the hard copy looked just like the PDF image.  I thought a PDF copy was an image of the ARRIS file, and I don't quite see how anything associated with the pattern, and/or anything else would carry into the PDF copy.

I'm running ARRIS 9.5.  All the patterns in my projects use only those that came with the ARRIS software.

You help will be greatly appreciated.  I've redrawn the one floor plan twice now, and I'm hoping to avoid redrawing it again.

Philip C. Lederach, RA, AIA, NCARB, LEED.AP, MArch
LEDERACH ARCHITECTURE, LLC
telephone:   215.256.8272  x  105
www.lederach.com<http://www.lederach.com>


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