topic Re: invisible elements in Libraries & objects

invisible elements

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:59:36 GMT

hi all

is there a possibility with gdl to define elements who are just visible on the screen?
if you print it... they are invisible...

something like a hotspot or a camera in archicad...

thanx for your tips!
xa-4

Re: invisible elements

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 11:33:40 GMT

There is no way (AFAIK) to make a strictly non-printing library part. The typical way to do this is to hide the layer containing the parts you don't want to print. If you need a library part that is only partially non-printing you can choose a pen (or pens) to be reset to white in PlotMaker (I typically use pens from 81 to 89 for this purpose - like layout lines and such). Remember that the PM 3.1 default setting does not allow pens to be reset, this has to be set in the prefs.

Re: invisible elements

David Larrew — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:24:10 GMT

We just use Pen 91, set to "white" by default, for anything that we don't want to print/plot. Of course our template files are set-up to accommodate the "non-plot" Pen.

Re: invisible elements

Djordje — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 04:00:24 GMT

David wrote:
We just use Pen 91, set to "white" by default, for anything that we don't want to print/plot. Of course our template files are set-up to accommodate the "non-plot" Pen.

Somehow, a tip:

Now in 8.1, if you tick the automatic visibility adjustment, the pen will get darker and you will see it on the plan (e.g. a white wall fill on a white background will go light gray), BUT it will print as it is. A step away from WYSIWIG, but a step towards clarity ...

Re: invisible elements

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:57:16 GMT

Just don't press the "all pens to black" button in the print options.