invisible elements

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[David Larrew]

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.

[Djordje]

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 ...

[Anonymous]

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