Ghost Story into PM?

[Anonymous]

I found out how to print the Ghost Story from AC, but I can't figure out how to get them to show up (and hence, print) from PM...is this possible, even? I have a roof framing plan I'd like to show over the grey-ghost floor plan.
thanksthatnksthanks

[Anonymous]

The simplest way to do this is to overlay two drawings in the layout. Set the pens in the background drawing to grey, and place hotspots in AC to get accurate alignment.

[Dwight]

And while you do this, you must sing the "workaround song":

"Work work work work
workaround workaround.
Work work work work
workaround work!"

Have co-workers develop a short dance routine to accompany...

[Anonymous]

I have the drawings overlaid, but...can I tell one whole imported drawing to just be gray? Or do I somehow have to go in and specify each line to be gray...? Non-intuitive....thank you for your help...

[Petros Ioannou]

Just open the ghost story drawing settings inside PM , use custom attributes for Pens, Edit pens, select all and set colour to gray.
Petros

[Anonymous]

sorry...can't seem to find any ghost story settings within PM...only AC, which don't translate into PM, as far as I can tell...

[Petros Ioannou]

Just the drawing! Select the drawing you want to use as ghost ,
Right click and select drawing settings.

[Anonymous]

There are no ghost stories in PM. That's the reason for overlaying the drawings.

To make the background drawing grey:

1. Select the drawing
2. Go to: Options > Drawing Pens & Colors
3. Select all the pens
4. Click "Edit Color"
5. Set to the desired grey

For this to work you also need to print in color or grey scale. Most firms I work with have their print settings set to color and modify the pens for each drawing to get the desired output. You must also avoid using "Uniform Pens & Colors" (set in preferences) since this will prevent you from making different settings for your backgrounds.

[Anonymous]

that worked great. thank you!