Apply plot style table

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When you print or plot from a layout, what you see is what you get.

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In other words, if an object appears green in the layout,

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it will be green when printed.

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Assuming the printer prints in color,

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the same is true for line weights and line types.

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What you see on the screen

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will be what you get on the paper.

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You can change the way autocad prints. However, by using a plot style table

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to see how this works

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in the exercise file, right, click the furniture plan layout tab and choose plot

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to open the plot dialogue

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in the upper right corner of the dialogue box is a group box called plot style table

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pen assignments.

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A plot style is an object property similar to a line type and color.

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A

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plot style can be assigned to an object or a layer

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and controls the plotted properties.

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Autocad supports two types of plot style tables.

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A color dependent plot style table C TV

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uses an object's color to determine characteristics such as color and line weight.

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Therefore, every red object in the drawing is printed the same way.

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There are 256 plot styles

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in a color dependent plot style table.

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One for each color

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A

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named plot style table S TB

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contains user defined plot styles.

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When you use a named plot style table,

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objects that have the same color may be plotted differently

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based on the plot style assigned to the object.

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A

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named plot style table can contain as many or as few plot styles as required.

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Named plot styles can be assigned to objects or layers just like any other property.

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A

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drawing can use either a color dependent plot

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style table or a named plot style table.

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When you expand the plot style table drop down,

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you see a list of predefined plot style tables.

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Since these all have a dot C TB file extension,

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you know that this drawing uses a color dependent plot style table

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in the drop down

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select monochrome dot C TB.

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Then click preview

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in the preview window.

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You can see that the drawing will be printed entirely in black and white.

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Even though the objects were drawn using a variety of colors,

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we typically assign colors to layers to help us differentiate between layers.

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Those colors often have nothing to do with the desired colors

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in the printed output.

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Close the preview window

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to return to the plot dialogue.