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Setting up drawing sheets with overlays

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Setting up drawing sheets with overlays

Anonymous
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Hello,

 

So I am pretty new at autocad, as in I took one class 2 years ago and I would use the program for simple things, like a room and furniture.

It all came out ok then and now I am working as the autocad drafter for my new job. Since I only have the very basics down, I really need help figuring a few things out.

 

I have a drawings sent to me and I need to add a few things to them, for example a new deck and patio. I need to keep the existing drawings under the new drawing. I figure I just turn layers on and off if I need them, and make new layers to trace and add new things. Now I have to print the drawings. I want the original drawing in the background to be slightly lighter in lineweight than the new drawing on top. How can I get the top drawing to show black and white and some light grays instead of the whole drawing turning so dark? I have tried momochrome and greyscale. grayscale gives me the light lines but the dark lines aren't dark enough. monochrome gives me just dark lines.

 

I want my drawings to look professional with all the right linetypes but they always come out too light or too dark.

 

Please help me figure this out. 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> I have to print the drawings. I want the original drawing in the background

>> to be slightly lighter in lineweight than the new drawing on top

You can use the viewport overrides to define different colors/lineweights/linetypes for your layers.

That means while a layer has e.g. assigned a basic color of red you can enter a viewport (in the layout), start the layermanager and assign this layer a light red or grey ore ... to be used for that layer in the current viewport (>>>more info's<<<).

 

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HTH, - alfred -

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Anonymous
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I looked at my layer properties manager and it seems there are options missing. I don't see the layer overrides. It only has  the linetype, lineweight, plot style, plot, new VP freeze, and description. Does this have something to do with my settings? How can I get those layer overrides to show up?

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> I don't see the layer overrides. It only has  the linetype, lineweight, plot style, plot

Then you are not on a layout within a viewport. :cara_guiñando_un_ojo:

 

- alfred -

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Anonymous
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Silly me, I see it now! Thank you. I was able to change the line thicknesses and color.

Some things are so simple but without knowing what to do its so hard to figure out :cara_con_una_leve_sonrisa:

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