how to turn on "Plot with plot styles" in the code?

wesbird — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:48:30 GMT

hi, I tried to print in black and white. I found, if "Plot with plot styles" is checked, then it's black and white. but if it's not checked, then the output still colored. how I can make sure "Plot with plot styles" is checked in my code.

here is my code

private static bool PublishFile(string outputFilename, string mediaName, string styleSheetName, string plotDeviceName, int intStdScaleType) { PlotRotation myPlotRotation = PlotRotation.Degrees000; bool ret = false; BlockTableRecord btr = Active.Database.CurrentSpaceId.GetObject<BlockTableRecord>(); Layout lo = btr.LayoutId.GetObject<Layout>(); // We need a PlotInfo object linked to the layout PlotInfo pi = new PlotInfo(); pi.Layout = btr.LayoutId; // We need a PlotSettings object based on the layout settings which we then customize PlotSettings ps = new PlotSettings(lo.ModelType); ps.CopyFrom(lo); // The PlotSettingsValidator helps create a valid PlotSettings object PlotSettingsValidator psv = PlotSettingsValidator.Current; // We'll plot the extents, centered and scaled to fit psv.SetPlotType(ps, Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.PlotType.Extents); // psv.SetUseStandardScale(ps, true); //psv.SetStdScaleType(ps, StdScaleType.ScaleToFit); StdScaleType myStdScaleType = StdScaleType.ScaleToFit; if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof(StdScaleType), intStdScaleType)) { myStdScaleType = (StdScaleType)intStdScaleType; } psv.SetStdScaleType(ps, myStdScaleType); // try { //psv.SetPlotCentered(ps, true); psv.SetPlotCentered(ps, false); psv.SetPlotOrigin(ps, new Point2d(0, 0)); //psv.SetPlotPaperUnits(ps, PlotPaperUnit.Inches); //psv.SetPlotPaperUnits(ps, PlotPaperUnit.Millimeters); psv.SetPlotRotation(ps, myPlotRotation); } catch (System.Exception caught) { throw; } // print in color or black/white psv.RefreshLists(ps); // psv.SetCurrentStyleSheet(ps, styleSheetName); // psv.SetPlotConfigurationName(ps, plotDeviceName, mediaName); // We need to link the PlotInfo to the PlotSettings and then validate it pi.OverrideSettings = ps; PlotInfoValidator piv = new PlotInfoValidator(); piv.MediaMatchingPolicy = MatchingPolicy.MatchEnabled; piv.Validate(pi); // A PlotEngine does the actual plotting (can also create one for Preview) if (PlotFactory.ProcessPlotState == ProcessPlotState.NotPlotting) { PlotEngine pe = PlotFactory.CreatePublishEngine(); using (pe) { pe.BeginPlot(null, null); // We'll be plotting a single document pe.BeginDocument(pi, Active.Document.Name, null, 1, true, outputFilename); PlotPageInfo ppi = new PlotPageInfo(); pe.BeginPage(ppi, pi, true, null); pe.BeginGenerateGraphics(null); pe.EndGenerateGraphics(null); // Finish the sheet pe.EndPage(null); // Finish the document pe.EndDocument(null); pe.EndPlot(null); } ret = true; } else { ret = false; } return ret; }

Re: how to turn on "Plot with plot styles" in the code?

norman.yuan — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 19:23:54 GMT

psv.SetCurrentStyleSheet(xxxx, "[A Mono PlotStyle Sheet].ctb");

You may want to first call PlotSettingValidator.GetPlotStyleSheetList() to see if the desired "mono-color" style sheet is available or not.

Re: how to turn on "Plot with plot styles" in the code?

hippe013 — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 19:59:52 GMT

Ensure that your layout (lo) is opened for write.

lo.PlotPlotStyles = True;

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