Lineweights and Plotstyles

[nikko_77]

I work at a custom cabinetry business. I draw with many different layers, some of which I want to print out lighter as a hidden line would and others darker than usual. I have some layers here for example. I use color 33 which is a brown and it prints out lighter. I want that color to print out as if it were white/black. If you guys can let me know how to do just that much I will figure out the rest. Thanks so much.

Nick

[Paul Sweet]

On the menu bar click File>Page Setup. Click the Plot Device tab. At Plot Style Table click the arrow to get a drop-down list of available styles. AIA(256) Scale 48.ctb gives a black & white printout with lineweights determined by color. Monochrome.ctb prints everything black, with lineweight and other properties determined by object. I made a new style based on Monochrome.ctb and modified it to make gray lines print gray.

[ImaJayhawk]

You can edit the ctb file and assign line thicknesses to the different colors and set them to print as black.


ImaJayhawk

[nikko_77]

Thanks jayhawk, I think you know what I want to do. Good idea swithcing the colors that I want to be darker to black. I'll try that
thanks to Paul too. I will edit my plotstyles as well.

Nick