Black and White Only with Gray

[Don Chin]

I typically show new walls with a gray solid fill.

If "black and white only" is selected in Document Preferences,the gray fill is not visible. Is there any way around this? I typically make pdf files for printing at a printhouse, and realize I could just tell them to plot the pdf files in b&w only,

but I would like to avoid any confusion, ie getting charged for color prints.

Thanks

[Matt Panzer]

Hi Don,

If you're using Sheet Layer Viewports, you can set the viewport Class Attribute Overrides to get what you want. I typically work with color lines but need them to print in black. Any fills I use are always set to the desired color for actual output. When I setup a viewport, I change all class overrides (except my "Redlines" class) to use a black line. This system works very well and makes sheet layers look more like a print preview (with the black lines). Plus, it lets me keep my colored lines for working in design layers.

[Don Chin]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your answer. Could you tell me where to find the Class Attributes Overrides selection?

Actually, I just discovered how helpful working in the Edit Design Layer mode with viewports can be and like having the viewports showing with the various colors. Perhaps I will have to use black fills.

Don

[Matt Panzer]

Don,

Select the viewport and click the "Classes" button in the Obj Info palette. You can select any number of classes and edit their attributes. These attributes will override the document's class attributes for that viewport. Once you have a viewport setup, you can copy these overrides to other viewports with the eyedropper tool (double-click the eyedropper tool and check viewport class overrides).

[Don Chin]

Matt,

Thanks for the tips. I will check it out.

Donald