topic Re: how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing? in AutoCAD Forum

how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing?

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2018 19:26:15 GMT

Can someone help me out with creating a .ctb?

I've set up my ctb and the colour lineweights but I don't actually want the colours to show up in paperspace or when I print. And I don't just want to print in greyscale because then the lineweights show up too light.

I want the coloured linewights because it's easier to differentiate things in my drawing.

Thanks!

Re: how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing?

dmfrazier — Fri, 18 May 2018 21:09:01 GMT

First, in the CTB file, all colors should map to black.

On the Page Setup screen, there is a checkbox beneath the plot style selector where you can specify that you want to display plot styles. (I think this is what you're after.)

Re: how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing?

scot-65 — Fri, 18 May 2018 22:05:45 GMT

Another possibility:

Open the CTB file by double-clicking in your favorite file manager.
Tab over to "Form View".
Highlight the first line in the "Plot Styles" list box (Color 1).
Press [Shift] then [End] to highlight all.
In the "Properties" container, change the "Color" in the dropdown to "Black".
Save and close.

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Betreff: how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing?

j.palmeL29YX — Sat, 19 May 2018 08:22:18 GMT

Here it is:

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Re: how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing?

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 20:21:15 GMT

Hey, thanks for your reply! They said they would e-mail me once someone responded but they didnt 😞

Anyways, i'm glad you did but unfortunatly I just tried checking that box you mentioned and still plotting in colour... I've been researching a bit more and some blogs mentioned assigning a pen style but I can't find where pen styles are...mine says pen# so I assigned them all to 7 (which is black) and the same thing keeps happening. Do you know anything about pen styles?

Thank you!

Re: how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing?

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 20:22:43 GMT

I'm not sure if thats what I want...Basically I want my model space to be in colour and my paper space to be in black but with lineweights, if that makes sense.

Thanks!

Re: how do i create a .ctb without colours showing up in printing?

MMcCall402 — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 20:39:05 GMT

Its a two part solution. You need to apply both of the answers provided.

1 - Edit your ctb to map all the screen colors to black.

2- Edit your page setup to display as defined in the ctb.