Graphics Programs Reference
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3. In the Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments) area on the Plot dialog box, select the
CTB file from the drop-down list, as shown in Figure 16-8.
This action attaches the plot style table (CTB file) to the layout or model space tab
that you clicked in Step 1.
Figure 16-8:
Selecting a plot style table that maps screen colors to plotted lineweights.
4. Click the Apply to Layout button.
AutoCAD records the plot setting change with the current layout's configuration in-
formation. Assuming that you save the drawing, AutoCAD uses the CTB that you se-
lected as the default plot style when you (or other people) plot that layout in the fu-
ture.
5. Continue with the plotting procedures described earlier in this chapter.
If your drawing uses a named plot style table instead of a color-dependent plot style
table, you follow the same procedure, except that you select an STB file instead of a CTB
file in Step 3.
You can tell whether the current drawing was set up to use color-dependent
plot styles or named plot styles by looking at the Properties panel on the Ribbon's
Home tab. If the upper-right drop-down list is grayed out, shows ByColor, and
doesn't display a tooltip, the drawing uses color-dependent plot styles. If this list
isn't grayed out and displays the Plot Style tooltip, the drawing uses named plot
styles.
