Line thickness external drawing

[lcdega]

Hi all,
I would like to know if can change the thickness of the lines of an external drawing.
I work as lighting planner and I import .dwg plan from architects all the time, setting the external drawing to 08-Greyscale.
The problem is that when I print my PDF with my changes, the lines from the external drawing are quite thick and don't look good.
Is it a proper way to set them thinner, ideally as I am seeing them in the model space?

Thanks

[Barry Kelly]

If your DWGs use different pens to you regular Archicad plan, then you just need to set those pens used by the DWG to thinner pen weights in your 08-Greyscale Pen set.

If the same pens are used, then you have to change the pens used in the DWG to pens in your pen set that have a thinner weight.

I hope that makes sense.

Barry.

[lcdega]

Hi Berry,

Thank you for your reply.
I am a bit new to Archicad, so I am not really sure I understand. 
The DWG I import is probably done in another software. Are "pens" simply another terms for "colors"?
What I did is I took the Greyscale pens setting from the option, changed everything to a new thickness and saved with a new name (00_SP). 
I have then applied to my external drawing, reloaded the worksheet and it seems to work.
Was it the right thing to do? 
(Please excuse the German UI) 
Thanks

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

There are 255 pens (number 1 to 255), and each can have their own colour and thickness.

In your image you show pen number 1 as grey and 0.03mm thick.

If your DWG file uses pen 1, that is what you will see if you have it using that 00_SP pen set.

If you are using the Drawing tool to place the DWG, then you can set it you use that 00_SP pen set, while in Archicad itself, you can be using a different pen set.

You can also view the drawings own pen set - it will show just the pens actually used.

You can then save that as a new pen set and edit the colour/thickness of those used pens.

Then set the drawing to use that new pen set.

Or now you have an 00_SP pen set, change the colour/thickness of the used pens in that pen set.

Barry.