Line Weights in Pen Table

If you set a line to 0mm will it plot?

It shows in preview so i guess it will still print.

To make it not print you need to move them to seprate layer & make that layer non printable in layer manager.

How about testing it out and letting us know what the result is!

the result is that it still prints. i think it may depend on if you are using stb or ctb plot configurations, but for me (ctb) the lineweight set in properties does not affect the printed line - only the colour of the line will.

I remember that I read about before... somewhere. By setting the lineweight to 0, then it will plot as thin as the plotter can support.

If you set a line to 0mm will it plot?

 

Yes but with the thinnest line that your plotter can make. I don't think that line weights were around when pen plotters were the norm.

 

When text is exploded, the result is put on Layer 0 and has a lineweight of 0mm, so it plots faintly. Also AutoCAD Points seem to have a line weight of 0mm which cannot be altered.

Yes but with the thinnest line that your plotter can make

not for me.... it plotted more like a .25 line, same as if on layer 0 standard autocad style, i assume because it was a white line. i can get thinner, lighter lines by making it grey, even if it is set to .10 or .15 lineweight.

If you set a line to 0mm will it plot?

What are you trying to accomplish by setting the lineweight to 0mm?

not for me.... it plotted more like a .25 line, same as if on layer 0 standard autocad style, i assume because it was a white line. i can get thinner, lighter lines by making it grey, even if it is set to .10 or .15 lineweight.

 

Yes, my ink-jet printer always gives much fatter lines than the laser printer even for the same line-weight, different line formation technologies.

HPT770 plotter, Black set at 0.00 linewidth plots visibly thinner than 0.10, using STB file.

 

If you want it to not plot you can use 0% screening to use for having text show up in a solid area with merge control set properly.