Multilines won't respond to layer colour change

[fostertom]

Are multilines wierd? I draw some plain lines and some multilines on a layer that's set to Index colour green 3 that normally plos black. Then I decide that elements on this layer need to plot in colour, so I alter the layer colour to a True colour that's noticeably darker green, because True colours plot in colour (dipali's great tip). The plain lines change to the new colour OK, and plot in colour, but the mulitilines stay unchanged, displaying still in modelspace as the original Index colour, in paperspace as black, and plotting in black. The only solution seems to be to delete the multilines and draw them again. Other attributes, like layer lineweight do change OK.

 

Edit - delete and re-draw makes no difference - still Index colour green 3. Drawing with the same ML type in a different layer which is set a totally different colour - still green 3. Does the colour get built into the ML defintion that gets locked-in on first use in a new .dwg file? Regardless of subsequent colour changes by Properties or By Layer?

[hazardman]

in the multi-line style you can set the lines to either be "bylayer" or particular colour...if the later then there's nothing that can be done to change it's colour...you can't even edit the style if there are multiline entities of that style in use in the drawing...however those line that were set to "bylayer" should respond to layer colour they are on to so changing layers should affect those "bylayer" colour...

[dipcad]

I draw some multline in multiline style "A" & "B". How to convert all multilines in same Style i.e. "A"

[hazardman]

unfortunately this is not possible...you will need to redraw them...