Pens in Layouts

[vfrontiers]

Ok.. What am I missing… Used to be that my drawings would display correctly (pen thk ) in the layout environment even though my layout itself needs a different pen set…

Now, it seems, the layout pen set is being forced onto the drawings themselves…

I actually believe they print ok, but it's frustrating looking at the screen and seeing really CHUNKY fill patterns….


Anyone else? Seems to have just happened in the last TWO hot fixes for 17.

[vfrontiers]

Actually, it appears to be a different problem.. All my drawings that were on PEN SET BY VIEW: have changed to MISSING (even though the pen sets are still there?)….

So now I get to select a couple hundred drawings and see if the pen sets are "Missing" … Ugh...

[Link]

Duane,

Just create a quick/temporary Project Index, listing all your drawings by name and penset. Then you can change the pensets from within the schedule and delete it afterwards.

Pensets are mapped by name. You sure the name did not change even slightly?

Cheers,
Link.

[Link]

And the default penset for the layout environment is completely separate from the pensets assigned to each drawing. Each new drawing will get the penset from the default drawing settings.

Cheers,
Link.

[vfrontiers]

Well here's what I know… The VIEW SETTINGS show the Proper Pen Set (and not as Missing..

The DRAWING SETTINGS show the pen set as MISSING…

It is entirely possible, tho not likely that all these drawings had and OVERRIDING pen set that is now no longer in the file. It's not likely because I very rarely use anything but PENS: BY VIEW…

Anyway, I can't usually solve my problems until I make myself look like a fool by chiming in here…. So "Mission Accomplished".. I know what need fixing…

[Link]

That's funny I use anything except PENS: BY VIEW!

And never mind, how does the saying go? Only fools don't ask questions?

Cheers,
Link.