Help with Screening

[kme2222]

Hi,

 

I have created a .ctb file and specified lineweights for 10 different colors. I've specified screening to be 100% for all but 2 colors at 75% and 50%. When I plot (to Adobe), the lineweights show up fine, but the screening does not. I've tried setting the screening all the way down to 10%, but I still can't see a difference.

 

Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong?

 

Thanks,

 

Matt

[ReMark]

Have you tried doing a test print to paper even if it is in black and white?

[kme2222]

Yes. The screening still doesn't show up. My intent is to print in black and white, not color. My .ctb tells 8 of the 10 colors to print in black at different line weights, and 2 of the 10 to print with screening.

[kme2222]

OK, here's something: The part that is suposed to be screened is a block (property lines). The color of the block is "by layer" and the layer color is #9, which I have in my plot style table as 25% screening, but it doesn't show up that way.

 

When I just draw something and put it as color 9, the screening works.

 

Maybe it has something to do with it being a block?

[Dana W]

Try changing the color of the block from By Layer to the actual color property that you want unless you have more than one color and layer inside the block.

[kme2222]

That didn't work either, but I it gave me the idea to just go into the block editor and change the color there, and that worked. I don't understand why you can't make the block a different color without editing it, but whatever, I got it to do what I needed!

 

Thanks for your help!

[Dana W]

That didn't work either, but I it gave me the idea to just go into the block editor and change the color there, and that worked. I don't understand why you can't make the block a different color without editing it, but whatever, I got it to do what I needed!

 

Thanks for your help!

 

It just removes another line of computer code that AutoCAD has to struggle through. You probably had two "By Layer" filters on the color, one in the block itself and one in the layer the block was inserted on but that is just a guess.

 

Having been a programmer in a past life I can understand how that situation would not be handled correctly at the code writing stage, the guessing that is.

[kme2222]

It just removes another line of computer code that AutoCAD has to struggle through. You probably had two "By Layer" filters on the color, one in the block itself and one in the layer the block was inserted on.

 

Having been a programmer in a past life I can understand how that situation would not be handled correctly at the code writing stage.

 

 

 

That makes sense. Thanks!