topic Re: plotting visual styles in AutoCAD Forum

plotting visual styles

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 22:11:51 GMT

When I try to plot a visual style (sketchy setting) using my standard plot file it only wants to plot in color and not in black and white.

Re: plotting visual styles

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 06:33:02 GMT

Hi,

That is correct, this style is using the render engine. Result of the render engine is a true-color result and true color can't be converted via STB/CTB.

If you need that style and you want to change the output of the geometry color your chance is to use the layer overrides for viewports. Therefor go into the viewport, then start the layer-manager and assign the colors you'd like the layers to be plotted.

Important: that only works in well structured drawings with geometries color set to "byLayer".

HTH, - alfred -

Re: plotting visual styles

ScottRoth — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 01:27:50 GMT

Alfred, layer manager does not have a column to modify the VP color. It only has VP freeze on or off?

Re: plotting visual styles

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 07:23:45 GMT

Hi,

I guess that you are then in modelspace. The columns like VP-Color, VP-Lineweight ... only appear when you are in layout paperspace or inside viewport.

Also possible ... you have a scrollbar to scroll the columns to the left and the VP-xxxx colums get visible then at the right side.

- alfred -

Re: plotting visual styles

ScottRoth — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:41:44 GMT

Hi again Alfred,

I got into paper space and changed the VP colors to 251 grey.

Still doesn't change my plot to black/white ??

Any thoughts?

Scott

Re: plotting visual styles

cadffm — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:36:58 GMT

Hi,

you changed the VP color in Paperspace instead of the VP color in your viewport..

your objects have their own color instead of "bylayer".

You didn't shared the DWG data and you cutted the screenshot,

that's why we can only guess what you did.

Re: plotting visual styles

ScottRoth — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:54:52 GMT

Thank you, I got it to work. I wasn't in my view port apparently...

Now my question is how to get my line weights to match what was in my .ctb settings?

Re: plotting visual styles

cadffm — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:09:30 GMT

What are you try to do? And WHY?

Re: plotting visual styles

cadffm — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:13:21 GMT

You can change object-lineweights and Layer-lineweights (also Layer VP Lineweights),

it is your choice (and your work).

Re: plotting visual styles

ScottRoth — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:17:04 GMT

I am trying to create a black/white .pdf presentation style drawing in Sketchy with the same line weights that my .ctb plot style does for normal plotting. The company template .ctb file assigns line thicknesses to colors (by layer). Works fine in 2D wireframe - it's the other visual styles that are a problem, specifically sketchy which is what I want as my output.