You can set each object to a plot style or mix and match, but this is not a strategy for working drawings, more for one off presentation drawings, etc. You can set a layer to a color and have it plot to any lineweight with a plotstyle You can still set colors to indicate lineweights just like CTB's STB's work just fine, and just like CTB's you must have standards in place Note: AutoCAD is able to access a plot style file if it is in the same folder as the drawing which uses it. If needed, close and reopen AutoCAD to refresh the plot style tables list in the PLOT dialog drop down. Name and the colors on screen will still display the same color, and they can be setĮditing the plot styles can be done through the layer manager or properties palette Copy all CTB and STB files into this folder. XREF's, the xref file can be set to plot to a thinner line weight with one plot style
The plot style name to ones you use, unless everyone agrees to use the same plot styles If other offices use their own style names, using their files will result in assigning If 15 colors need to plot screened and medium thickness only 1 plot style name is editedĪnd assigned to multiple colors, results in much fewer plot style names needed Probably can get by with 15 or 20 plot style names, CTB you always have 255 all named with a color Plotting black and white and color on the same sheet is easier due to intuitive plot style names Plotted using Bylayer allows familiar colors known to plot thin, thick etc, to still be Plot style names are intuitive (IE: BW 0.40, Thin Color, Medium, GRAY 0.25) for knowing color and LW XREFs, the xref file can be set to plot to a thinner line weight but the color will be oneĬolor displayed on screen, or you will have to pick each color and assign a plot style name Sharing files between offices means that the plot style names will always be there, justĭefined differently for each color, still have to go through and check plot name style to plotted color, width, etc.
If I want 15 colors to plot screened and medium thickness I must edit 15 plot style names, Plotting b/w there are fewer reasons to switch as STB was meant more for electronic color Limited to plot colors of 1-255, other colors show on screen but are plotted out to 1-255įamiliar system still used by majority of users Lots of legacy drawings that need to be brought forward and used again, easier to keep CTB
Plot style name (IE:Color_43) is not intuitive to plot color or LW or gray scale You will have to explore the alternatives and make an informed choice for your office. I like STB’s over CTB’s for my situation, and I have bolded the areas where I find STB’s to be superior. There is a lot of misinformation concerning CTB and STB and so I am offering this as my input to the issue.