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AutoCAD 2018 - how to use Plot style tables

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We draw away quite happily in AutoCAD with lots of on-screen colour, but how do we change that when it comes to printing.
In this video I explain how to use standard AutoCAD Plot style tables, as well as how to make your own!
00:00 Start
02:12 - AutoCAD .ctb's
03:07 - no plot style table
03:25 - acad.ctb
04:14 - grayscale.ctb
04:31 - explanation re. true colours & book colours
07:41 - monochrome.ctb
07:45 - screening.ctb
08:25 - how to make your own colour table - all black except one red layer
09:58 - using a plot style table to control your line weights
Feel free to contact me over www.cad-course.com with any questions - or write them below!
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7 авг 2024

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@wr8thbeatz322 2 года назад

3 years later and this very thorough video is still immensely helpful to Autocad users and students such as myself. Thank you!

@CADSchulungen 2 года назад

You are most welcome!

@timmcmillin5553 5 лет назад

its great that explanations are also given to why certain plot styles would be used in certain situations, like using screening 25% to lighten a drawing so you could easily annotate a print with marker pen, say

@CADSchulungen 4 года назад

We try our best!

@gregoryluke6934 5 лет назад

Thank you very much for a very thorough explanation - it opens the whole subject up. Thanks again.

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

You are most welcome!

@thandaraung798 5 лет назад

Thank you so much sir. Now I clear how to use plot style. This video supports me to draw drawings perfect.

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

You are most welcome!

@wirdamiranti 5 лет назад

Thank you so much sir you did it very clear.. Now my drawing will look more profesional. Really appriciated your knowledge and explanation.

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

Very happy to have helped you!

@bilwincohardwarepackaging7176 6 лет назад

Thanks a lot for your thorough explanation. much appreciated.

@CADSchulungen 6 лет назад

You are most welcome!

@christielyn6600 5 лет назад

Really excellent...thanks so much! I am self taught on AutoCAD and have been using it for about 6 months. I have been struggling with plot styles and line weights. I think this will help...

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

Glad to help!

@renjolin4958 5 лет назад

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for!

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

Most welcome!

@patmat. 5 лет назад

A single Named Plot Styles Table is all we need, much simplier and practical than the awkward concept of Color Plot Styles Tables. Autodesk : "over complication and redundancy is cheap but we sell it high".

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

Thanks for the feedback.

@victorreyesjr4295 Год назад

Hello. Very informative video and well narrated. Question in regards to the subject you brought up at 8:25. Can I have all the layers with color 230 (any color really) print black except for a single later with that color? The solution that was shown in this video overrides the whole color. Very much appreciated.

@CADSchulungen Год назад

Sure - you just have to leave the colour as it is in the plot style table - or choose a different one!

@j.fabricioelias227 4 года назад

Amazing! Thank you.

@CADSchulungen 4 года назад

You are most welcome!

@wapozgamunyenyembe5341 3 года назад

Thank you so much Sir, this was really helpful

@CADSchulungen 3 года назад

Most welcome!

@alikadhim3694 5 лет назад

Much appreciated

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

You are most welcome!

@DINESHMaharjan-pe8mt 3 года назад

Thanks for your presentation. Could you pls also explain about bylayer and bycolor concept?

@CADSchulungen 3 года назад

Can do - I will make a video about that next. But just as a summary, if for example you set properties in a dimension style as ByBlock, then the dimension will have the properties like line weight, colour or line type as defined in the Layer Properties Manager. But if you change the object properties - mark it with a left click and change it using the properties manager - then the layer properties will be ignored.

@eljamestumaister 3 года назад

Hello, thank you for your video, it was very informative. I would like to ask you a question: do you know what is the "Adaptive" option for, which can be turned on or off? Thank you very much

@CADSchulungen 3 года назад

Hi Eljamestumaister, I cannot say I have ever used that setting - but Autodesk explains it this way: Adaptive. Adjusts the size of the linetype pattern so that line objects contain complete patterns. This affects only linetypes set in a plot style table. knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Plot-style-table-settings-explained.html

@dave11282 3 года назад

very helpful

@CADSchulungen 3 года назад

You're welcome!

@compadrelucas 4 года назад

thank you so much

@CADSchulungen 4 года назад

You are most welcome!

@eugenegoeugenemagic2106 3 года назад

thanks a lot !!!

@CADSchulungen 3 года назад

You are most welcome!

@alexrezel8860 4 года назад

Great representation! But it's sad to know though that there's no other possibility to print a layer in colour only by setting a true colour for it.

@CADSchulungen 4 года назад

Thanks for your comment. It is possible to use the tables to allow colours to be printed in index colours s well - it is just not possible to use the tables to determine print colours of the true colours...

@jonissen1 4 года назад

Is there a way to scale dotted lines using plot style tables?

@CADSchulungen 4 года назад

Hi Jon - what a good question. I have NOT seen a possibility there - some way of changing the value of LTSCALE for example. The line type CAN be changed or set, so you will usually have three possibilities to choose from - or more if you make your own line type.

@jasoncopestake5651 5 лет назад

Just a tip for future videos. The intro sounded a little muffled, either the room you shot it in was too big of the mic was too far away. Nice explanation though

@CADSchulungen 5 лет назад

Thanks very much for the tip - I have been trying to pay more attention to the correct balance in recent videos!

@CharlotteE123 3 года назад

how to import a CTB file in autocad for mac? thanks

@CADSchulungen 3 года назад

Hi Charlotte, a good question! This link should give you the answer - please let me know if it works as it should. forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/where-do-i-add-a-ctb-file-in-autocad-lt-2015/td-p/5792340

@CharlotteE123 3 года назад

@@CADSchulungen i've found a solution thanks :)

@suzannewatson5993 2 года назад

Would you ever define line weights in your layers?

@CADSchulungen 2 года назад

Hi Suzanne, I personally do not, since I like to use the colours to control line weight - then I can always see which lines have which thickness. It does limit me though in the use of colour to identify layers, so it really is just a matter of taste - most of the project drawings I come across have at least some line weights defined by layer.