Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
box, choose the Files tab, and look for the Printer Support File Path⇒Plot Style Table
Search Path setting.)
If you're not lucky, you'll need to be smart — that is, you'll want to know how to create
your own plot style table files. Here's how:
1. Click the Application button to open the Application Menu, choose Print,
and then choose Manage Plot Styles.
Use the tiny down arrow at the bottom of the list to scroll further down if neces-
sary. The Plot Styles folder opens in a separate Windows Explorer window.
2. Double-click the Add-a-Plot Style Table Wizard program shortcut.
3. Read the opening screen and then click Next.
4. On the Add Plot Style Table - Begin page, choose the Start from Scratch option
or one of the other three options if you want to start with settings from another
file. Then click Next.
The remaining steps in this procedure assume that you chose Start from Scratch. If
you chose another option, simply follow the wizard's prompts.
If the creator of a drawing provides you with an AutoCAD R14/AutoCAD
LT 98 PC2 (version 2) or AutoCAD R12/AutoCAD LT 95 PCP (version 1) file, choose
the Use a PCP or PC2 File option. With this option, the wizard imports color-to-
plotted-lineweight settings automatically.
5. On the Add Plot Style Table - Pick Plot Style Table page, choose whether you
want to create a color-dependent plot style table (CTB file) or a named plot style
table (STB file). Then click Next.
Choose Color-Dependent Plot Style Table in order to map screen colors to plotted
lineweights. Choose Named Plot Style Table in order to create named plot styles
that you can apply to layers or objects.
6. On the Add Plot Style Table - File Name page, type a name for the new CTB or
STB file and then click Next.
7. Click the Plot Style Table Editor button on the Add Plot Style Table - Finish page.
The Plot Style Table Editor dialog box opens to the Form View tab if you're creating
a color-dependent plot style table (refer to Figure 16-7), or to the Table View tab if
you create a named plot style table.
