Creating Plot Style Tables
Plot style tables determine the final appearance of objects in terms of their color, linetype, lineweight, end cap, line fill, and screening percentage. Plot style tables trump layer properties when the drawing is printed, meaning the plot style tables take precedence.
In addition to creating a system printer and AutoCAD plotter, you will need to create a plot style table or use an existing one. AutoCAD has two types of plot style tables: color-dependent and named.
Color-Dependent Plot Style Tables (CTB Files) These have been used since the days of pen plotters when you assigned a number of colors in AutoCAD to a specific physical pen. For example, red objects might plot using the 0.5 mm pen and green and yellow objects ...
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