Monochrome. Ctb not showing and stretch command not working

[20DBV46]

The monochrome. Ctb is not showing on my Autocad 2018

Tge stretch command is not working either 

[pendean]

2018 is not new: so what is different with your setup today?
Do you see any CTB files? Or are you only seeing STB files? start a new blank drawing, does it show up?
"not working" doesn't tell us much, start a new empty drawing and try it, does it work there?

[imadHabash]

Hi,

>> The monochrome. Ctb is not showing on my Autocad 2018

type STYLESMANAGER and check if it's exist . if NOT , you may need to copy it from another PC . 

>> stretch command is not working either

tell us more please how it's not working ? 

[Anonymous]

not sure about the stretch command. are your .ctb files stored locally or on a network? ACAD needs to be able to find them straight away once opened... you can redirect the file path if needed within:

tolls>options>printer support file path> plot style table search path

[20DBV46]

I only see stb files 

[20DBV46]

I opened the stylemanager.and the file does exists. How do I import it to the plots style table? 

[Anonymous]

That explains it, stb files are named plot styles and work very differently to ctb files which are color dependent. 

plot style types are applicable to individual .dwg files. There is a system variable called something along the lines of convertptstyle.

[20DBV46]

I opened the style manager the files are stored locally 

[20DBV46]

And how do I convert? 

[imadHabash · Accepted solution]

type  Convertctb command . >> Click << 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/3PP-A...

This explains it pretty well.

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

Oh. I am slow today. You don't need an import, but DWG files are set up for color depended OR named plotstyletables.

For new files, check your pstylepolicy,

For new files based on a template, take the right template,

for existing files, convert by command convertpstyles.

But think about: If the drawing was setup well to use stb, you will loose the plotstyle information.

(Read more about plotstyles ctb and stb)

[20DBV46]

Thanks for the help. I learn how to convert stb to ctb