How to create a plot style in AutoCAD

Autodesk Support

Dec 13, 2024

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Issue:

You would like to create a new plot style which plots black and white and overrides the color settings in your drawing's layers but still has the same linetype and lineweight of the layers in your drawing. 

Solution:

  1. Type Plot in the command line. The Plot dialog box will open.
  2. Expand the dialog box by clicking the right-facing arrow in the lower right corner.
  3. Select New... from the Plot Style table (pen assignments) pull-down menu.
  4. On the Begin screen, choose the source for your plot style table. Select the Start from scratch option to create a new plot style table.
Creating Plot style dialog box
  1. In the File Name screen, enter a file name. Click Next.
  2. On the Finish screen, click the Plot Style Table Editor button. The Plot Style Table Editor opens.
  3. You’ve now created a color-dependent plot style table and you’re ready to define a plot style for that table.
  4. In the Plot Style Table Editor, click the Form View tab. On the left you see all the colors from 1 to 255. You can select more than one color and make changes on the right to apply those changes to all selected colors.
  5. Click Color 1 (red). Use the scroll bar to scroll down to the last color, Color 255 (white). Press and hold Shift and click Color 255. This selects all the colors.
  6. For the Color item, change the value to Black
User-added image
  1. Click Save & Close. You’re now back in the last screen of the Add Plot Style Table wizard.
  2. Click Finish.
  3. You’ve now created a plot style. If you need to edit it, you can access it from several places. One option is to open the Options dialog box as described above and click the Plot and Publish tab. There you can choose Add or Edit Plot Style Tables. You’re now ready to apply your plot style.
     
 

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