topic Re: Pen weights and uniform pens and colors in Documentation

Pen weights and uniform pens and colors

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:22:29 GMT

I like to use uniform pens and colors in my plotmaker drawings, but have instances where I want to lighten up certain pens for particular drawings (ie wall on framing or electrical plans). Having jumped from 6.5 to 8.1 I am very much enjoying the new features in plotmaker but have not seen a readily available solution to this issue. Thanks for any sugestions.

Re: Pen weights and uniform pens and colors

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:46:19 GMT

AFAIK uniform pens and colors is still available though I can't say where since I never use it. My pens and colors are standardized in AC, but then I always customize them in PM. Usually just setting pens 1-80 to black so I can use grayscale, but often adjusting weights according to scale, and other color schemes for engineering drawings etc.

Re: Pen weights and uniform pens and colors

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:44:52 GMT

Arernt you looking for the Options\Drawing Pen Colors Dialog?
To keep changes you make in PM, you need to select the 'Custom for this drawing' radio button and check the 'Pens and Colors' checkbox in the 'Attributes Update Rules' panel of the Drawing Settings (select placed drawing, then CTRL-T).
Laszlo

Re: Pen weights and uniform pens and colors

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:07:15 GMT

there's a checkbox in preferences/drawing attributes to use uniform pens and colors throughout the layout book. every drawing will then use your settings under 'all pens and colors'.

if you uncheck the box, your drawings will revert to their individual settings.

as others said, you can also set the pens for each individual drawing with 'drawing pens and colors' in the preference is left unchecked... AFAIK there isn't a way to override the Uniform Pens and Colors box for that one special drawing

HTH

Re: Pen weights and uniform pens and colors

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:16:27 GMT

Yes, and in this case the Book/Drawing Pens & Colors item of the menu will be grayed so you cannot even select it.
Laszlo