Editing and Using Plot Style Tables

Editing and Using Plot Style Tables
You now have your own plot style table. In this exercise, you’ll edit the plot style and see firsthand
how plot styles affect your drawing:
1.
In the Page Setup dialog box, the filename
Mystyle.ctb
should appear in the drop-down
list of the Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments) group. If it doesn’t, open the drop-down list to
select it.
2.
Click the Edit button to open the Plot Style Table Editor. The Edit button is the one just to
the right of the Plot Style Table drop-down list. Click the Form View tab, which is shown
at the top of Figure 9.1.
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You can also open and edit existing plot style tables by choosing File 
Plot Style Manager to open
the Plot Styles dialog box. You can then double-click the plot style you want to edit. A third option is to
double-click the
Plot Style Table
file in
C:\Documents and Settings\
Username
\
Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2008\R17.1\enu\Plot Styles



The Plot Style Table Editor dialog box has three tabs that give you control over how each color
in AutoCAD is plotted. The Form View tab lets you select a color from a list box and then set the
properties of that color by using the options on the right side of the tab.
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The Table View tab displays each color as a column of properties. Each column is called a plot
style. The property names are listed in a column to the far left. Although the layout is different,
both the Table View tab and the Form View tab offer the same functions.
Next, you’ll continue by changing the line width property of the Color 3 (green) plot style.
Remember that green is the color assigned to the Wall layer of your Plan drawing.
1.
Click Color 3 in the Plot Styles list box.
2.
Click the Lineweight drop-down list, and select 0.5000 mm.


3.
Click Save & Close to return to the Page Setup dialog box.
4.
Click the Display Plot Styles check box in the Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments) group.
Then, click OK to close the Page Setup dialog box, and click Close to close the Page Setup
Manager dialog box.



5.
Zoom in to the plan to enlarge the view of a unit bathroom and entrance, as shown in Figure 9.2.