Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
6. Click the
Show/Hide Lineweight
button to see the effect of the
lineweight.
7. Save the fi le as
Exercise_40_1.dwg
.
8. Type
convertctb
in the
Command Window
and convert
Mechanical_
BW
from a
.ctb
to a
.stb
fi le.
9. Type
convertpstyles
in the
Command Window
to convert the whole
drawing to accept
Named Plot Styles
. Select
Mechanical_BW
when
you are asked to select a
.stb
fi le.
10. Start a new
Plot Style Table
and choose
Named Plot Style
. Call this
plot style
Design_Process
and make the following changes:
Style
Description
Color
Linetype
Lineweight
Finished
Design is Final
Black
Solid
0.7
Incomplete
Incomplete
Design
Green
Dashed
0.3
11.
Go to the
Page Setup Manager
and select
Plot Style Table
to be
Design_Process
. Turn on
Display plot styles
.
12. Start the
Layer Manager
and set the plot style for layer
Base
to be
Finished
, and layers
Shaft
and
Body
to be
Incomplete
.
13. Click the
Show/Hide Lineweight
button to see the effect of the
lineweight.
14. Issue the
Regenall
command if things do not appear correctly.
15. Save the fi le as
Exercise_40_2.dwg
.
10.16 THE PLOT COMMAND
°
The fi nal step in this process is to issue the
Plot
command, which will send
your layout to the printer or plotter.
As a fi rst step, go to the desired layout you want to plot.
To issue this command, make sure you are in the
Output
tab on the
Ribbon
,
and, using the
Plot
panel, click the icon
Plot
.
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