topic Re: How to have text a different color in model space than paper space. in AutoCAD Forum

How to have text a different color in model space than paper space.

jboyceQPURR — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:15:24 GMT

I've tried using the plot styles and having it display colors differently and then displaying plot styles, but when I display plot styles it turns on line weight even if there is no line weight! All my lines in paperspace appear thicker when display plot styles is turned on. Is there another way to change the colors or turn off the lineweight?

I'm using a dark color text so it shows in paperspace, but that color isn't readable in model space so that's the issue i'm trying to fix.

Re: How to have text a different color in model space than paper space.

dbroad — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:24:26 GMT

If you're working with text in the model space and want to see it a different color in paper space, you could set all your colors to bylayer and then use viewport overrides to set colors for text layers darker in those viewports. That won't affect text actually in paper space.

There isn't any reason for you to lose control of lineweight display just because you are displaying plot styles. Toggle your lwtdisplay (turn on your status line control for that variable).

Re: How to have text a different color in model space than paper space.

jboyceQPURR — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:18:26 GMT

Nevermind I figured it out. I just had to change VP COLOR to black in the layer manager. That's what you meant.

Thanks!

Re: How to have text a different color in model space than paper space.

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:05:00 GMT

I'm using a dark color text so it shows in paperspace, but that color isn't readable in model space so that's the issue i'm trying to fix.

Just so you know - you can set the background of paperspace to be the same colour as the model space background. Command OPTIONS.

Re: How to have text a different color in model space than paper space.

cadffm — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:03:20 GMT

Two things, or three?

1. "even if there is no line weight!" <- This statement is wrong, you always working with lineweights.

Each object has the property, also each layer, if you don't set the lineweight explicit to a proper value

and you the property value is "default", in this case the lineweight is controled by the system-(not file saved)-variable LWDEFAULT.

Check your Help[F1] for LWDEFAULT, also command Options, Tab User Preferences.. CLICK! (and lwdisplay, what dbroad wrote above with the little typo)

Re: How to have text a different color in model space than paper space.

jboyceQPURR — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:01:53 GMT

I get that, but autocad shouldnt be displaying lineweight when I have LWDISPLAY turned off.

Go turn on display plot styles in page setup/pen styles, even if LWDISPLAY is set to off, it will bypass that and turn it all on. Even if you didn't add anything to it.