Plot styles????

[sean.simpson]

Could anyone advise me on how to create plot styles for plotting?

I cant seem to figure out how to bring this into my drawings without going into each layout and altering each class one by one so that they print out with the properties that i want, eg. structural walls that are drawn with a red line always print black.

I am using VW 2010 now but i am more used to using 'plot styles' or 'pen styles' in programs like AutoCAD or Nemetschek Allplan. any ideas or efficient methods for VW?

[PVA - Admin]

There were Custom Line Types added in 2013:

-that you could use via class overrides in viewports to control the appearance of lines for printing, unless I am misunderstanding what you are looking for.

[sean.simpson]

The Video isnt really what im looking for, but your point about class overrides in viewports is. Until now this is how i adjust lines to print or plot with the desired properties, eg. a line that is red in the drawing area is adjusted so that it prints or plots as black.

But the Problem is i have 100's of different viewports, and the overrides for each lines are the same by each viewport. That means i have to go into each viewport seperatly and adjust each class seperatly, a rather timely and unefficient process.

Is it not possible to set a printing style in VW that overrides each layout generically?

[Kevin McAllister]

Not sure if it helps or not, but you can use the Eyedropper tool to cut and paste overrides from one Viewport to another.

Kevin

[sean.simpson]

That will help speed the process up a little for sure