GmoCAD Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Is there anyway to change the line thickness in a node mark, I have tried several ways and nothing seems to work. I am using AutoCAD 2009. Quote
ReMark Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Towards what end? Better on-screen visibility or does this have anything to do with plot output? Quote
GmoCAD Posted January 5, 2010 Author Posted January 5, 2010 Towards what end? Better on-screen visibility or does this have anything to do with plot output? Yes I am trying to change the line weight or thickness so it will show better on letter size printouts. Quote
CarlB Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 If you use ctb's for printing, by changing color of the node/point it will determine the lineweight for plotting. I assume stb would allow different node lineweights also - even though it doesn't show up on the screen. Quote
GmoCAD Posted January 5, 2010 Author Posted January 5, 2010 If you use ctb's for printing, by changing color of the node/point it will determine the lineweight for plotting. I assume stb would allow different node lineweights also - even though it doesn't show up on the screen. OK slow down, I am still a novice at CAD, what is CTB and STB, I have been plotting in black which should work on white paper, I am able to manipulate all the other lines and objects except for the nodes. Quote
todouble22 Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 OK slow down, I am still a novice at CAD, what is CTB and STB, I have been plotting in black which should work on white paper, I am able to manipulate all the other lines and objects except for the nodes. are you placing points on a line and you wnt them to show up. you could change the ddptype of the points and as said previously change the color of the layer that the points are on to a bolder print. its in the plot dialogue box Quote
GmoCAD Posted January 5, 2010 Author Posted January 5, 2010 are you placing points on a line and you wnt them to show up. you could change the ddptype of the points and as said previously change the color of the layer that the points are on to a bolder print. its in the plot dialogue box I can see the nodes but they are not visible enough, they are faint, like I said black shows better than any other color but still not as good as the other lines. How do I change to a bolder print in the plot dialog box??? Quote
ReMark Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 CTB - Color dependent plot file. STB - Style dependent plot file. You've never plotted a CAD drawing? Quote
ReMark Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 What layer are the nodes on? What is the layer color? Quote
GmoCAD Posted January 6, 2010 Author Posted January 6, 2010 What layer are the nodes on? What is the layer color? I though I was clear in my explanations, it seems that we are talking in circles here, I will find the answer one way or another.......thanks anyway. Quote
eldon Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 A node mark (point) is one of AutoCAD's objects that does not support line-weight in the display. It is one of those things Quote
spoff Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 I'm having a similar problem. ACAD used to print the thickness of the node based on the color set up in the .CTB. now the lines that are the same color will plot at the correct lineweight but the points won't. any ideas? Quote
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