Changing default pen thicknesses?

[Anonymous]

We have just started trying to use ArchiCAD 10 in the office after using previous versions and have always found the default pens too thin ie there are no line thicknesses that are greater than 0.35mm thick. So we have been changing the first 8 pens to different thicknesses. But our CAD supplier has told us that this is not a good idea as these pen thicjknesses are supposedly related to AutoCAD thicknesses etc

Is there any way to change the default pens so that the thicknesses are more varied WITHOUT altering any pens that ArchiCAD uses to draw its default wall constructions and other objects? Ie: what pens doesnt ArchiCAD use? Or does it use them all?

We have also found that the default pens seem to draw some objects far too thick has anyone else found this problem and if so what did you do to get over it?

Any help appreciated.

Nats

[Anonymous]

"I agree! I must admit only really using AC8 & 9, the new pen sets in 10 need getting used to. When i learnt ArchiCAD we were told by the training course not to change them as they can cause brain ache! So now they are different in 10, im back to square one. I hear that there is a new V10 pen set that replicates V9. But im still waiting for our pass word from our UAS dealer. Doh![/quote wrote:


Yeah we were similarly told not to change them by the UK dealer (probably the same one!) but we did anyway becuase you cant use the pens in AC9 as they come. But the AC10 pen sets are so numerous I wouldnt know where to start to change them. Hopefully they will all print out ok now but somehow I doubt it.

I dont know how its so difficult for GS to just change all of their pens they use for objects to a fine line except for outlines etc.

Sounds like the capabilities of the program are starting to outweigh the capabilities of the manufacturer to use them! Or maybe theyre just gettting too complicated for their own good!

[Anonymous]

I personally do not alter the pen weight of the first 20 pens and use the second row for everything I draw/model. The default weights that Archicad uses for these first 20 pens is limited and not well thought out, but the result of leaving these weights alone is that library parts that use these pens have a better chance of looking reasonable when printed. Ultimately favorites are created which re-assign the pen weights to your standards to objects that you use repeatedly.