topic Re: printing in B&W in Documentation

printing in B&W

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:49:30 GMT

Hello.
I have a question. I have a plan which I drew using multiple colour lines. I would like to print black and white, everything with one exception - the red lines. Is that possible? How?
Thank you.

Re: printing in B&W

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:03:48 GMT

Save a View in the View Map and assign to it a Pen Set with colors set to Black, exeption for RED.

Re: printing in B&W

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:23:28 GMT

Thank you for the reply. I created a view, but I do not know how to make a pen set. How do I proceed?

Re: printing in B&W

Michael Reed — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:45:12 GMT

There is the option in the "Drawing Selection Settings" under Properties-colors-black and white.

Re: printing in B&W

Barry Kelly — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:46:07 GMT

Options menu > Element Attributes > Pens & Colours.

Change the pen colours to hat you want and "Store As" a new pen set.
Now set that pen set to be used in your view settings or as I do set the drawings on your layouts to use that pen set.

Barry.

Re: printing in B&W

Barry Kelly — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:47:28 GMT

Michael wrote:
There is the option in the "Drawing Selection Settings" under Properties-colors-black and white.

That is true but igreere wants some colour too.
Barry.

Re: printing in B&W

Michael Reed — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:00:21 GMT

Sorry missed the bit about red lines.

Re: printing in B&W

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:16:56 GMT

Barry wrote:
Options menu > Element Attributes > Pens & Colours.

Change the pen colours to hat you want and "Store As" a new pen set.
Now set that pen set to be used in your view settings or as I do set the drawings on your layouts to use that pen set.

Barry.

I went to Pens and Colours, but I got lost immediately. How do I edit the colours? How do I take all colours that are used in my drawing and tell Archicad to print them black? I went through the print styles that are available. It has Grayscale, but not B&w. It would have been easy to customize a B&W pen set.

Re: printing in B&W

JaredBanks — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:13:40 GMT

Here's a post I wrote about this a few years ago:

http://www.shoegnome.com/2011/01/16/pen-sets-part-onev1/

And the rest of the series:

http://www.shoegnome.com/tag/pen-sets/

I really need to revisit this. But in general setting up a black and white pen set for printing is the way to go, that way you have full control if you need colors, gray scale, etc.

(by the way, this post has a better image of what my latest pen sets are organized around: http://blog.graphisoftus.com/archicad-education/tips-and-tricks/template-creation-template-migration-and-more)

Re: printing in B&W

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 08:42:32 GMT

I noticed I cannot create or copy a new pen set. Is there anything I miss on this? If I go to Store as and save a new set, I do not have the Custom pen set.

Re: printing in B&W

JaredBanks — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:31:44 GMT

make changes to the pen set, and when you store it, give it a new name.

Subsequently when you make changes, click store and overwrite your new pen set.

Re: printing in B&W

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:48:39 GMT

It wouldn't be hard to do this. I would assign all pens black, except for the red pen, which I would keep as it is. However, my issue lies in the fact that afterwards I can't go back to all the original colours the pens have right now. How do I solve this?

Re: printing in B&W

JaredBanks — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:04:59 GMT

Just switch back to the old pen set.

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-17-int-reference-guide/configuration/attributes/pen-sets/

Pen sets can be saved as part of the view. Pen sets can also be assigned to placed layouts. Change the pen set in the placed layout.

Quick Options is also a great way to quickly switch between pen sets.

Re: printing in B&W

JaredBanks — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:05:57 GMT

I think this is the help center article that you're looking for:

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-17-int-reference-guide/configuration/attributes/pen-sets/apply-a-pen-set/

Re: printing in B&W

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:25:58 GMT

OK. I edited the current pen set and it looks like this. The problem now is that all windows, hatches and objects have been filled and all look solid black.

Re: printing in B&W

JaredBanks — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:33:47 GMT

change pen number 91 back to white. That should fix it. Otherwise figure out what your white pen was and change that back.

Re: printing in B&W

JaredBanks — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:34:31 GMT

Looks like you're using the international pens, so it's pen number 19 that needs to stay white.

Re: printing in B&W

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:51:45 GMT

Thank you. That fixed it. Thank you very much for all the help. All this fixed an important problem I had in my work.

Re: printing in B&W

JaredBanks — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:34:05 GMT

Awesome! Always glad to help. This is why I love the forum so much. Best of luck.