CEA Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 I think it would be very useful if the program incorporated this option. I believe you currently can not change the gray tone. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 You could make a copy of the floor plan and set all linework to grey lines and grey fills. Then set your layer options to show others and not to Grey Others. This would allow you control over which level of grey to use. Quote Link to comment
J. Johnson Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 Thanks Kevin- I'm probably going to have to do that. I was hoping that there would be a quick way to do this, but that will have to do. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 I agree, that having a preference over the level of grey during printing would be helpful. Good luck. Quote Link to comment
PeterT Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 If you are not using different colors in your drawing, another thing you can do is turn on the "use layer colors" preference. This is what we do for roof plans. We put the roof base plan on its own layer and set that layer to the grey of our choice using layer colors. This file is saved as a roof plan template file, so we do not have to keep setting up this layer color over and over. Regards, Peter Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 PeterT's suggestion is a good one - the layer colours even translate through to the ViewPorts. Once you have set up your layer colours all you need to do is toggle your preferences before and after printing that sheet. Having said that the option to lighten or darken the greyness of a greyed layer would be a useful addition to Preferences. Quote Link to comment
J. Johnson Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 Does anyone know of a way to make the grey for greyed layers darker? For example, if I want to show the floor plan greyed under the roof plan, it looks great on screen, but when I plot it out on vellum, it is too light to show up in a blueprint. Any quick fix for this? (I want to get this set out today.. ) Thanks in advance- Jake VW111.5 OSX 10.3.8 DUAL 2.0 G5 2G RAM Quote Link to comment
line-weight Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) My solution to this: Instead of greying the layer in the viewport layer properties, leave its visibility as normal but reduce its opacity. You can control the darkness/lightness of the greying by adjusting the level of opacity. Edited February 2, 2016 by col37400 Quote Link to comment
PeterT Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 This is an old thread, and the Issue no longer exists. For printing a grayed layer in a particular shade of gray, just set the gray level in the Print Dialog under "Gray level for grayed layers and classes". This will not affect the gray level on-screen, but will lighten or darken it on the print. Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Hi, What I do is to create a large rectangle that covers all the plan I want to mask, Place it at front and call it Mask_Plan (or Whatever) then adjust the transparency of the mask to your desired levels. When you go to the viewport make sure they are sitting in the correct position with the transparent design layer to the back. HTH Quote Link to comment
line-weight Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 This is an old thread, and the Issue no longer exists. For printing a grayed layer in a particular shade of gray, just set the gray level in the Print Dialog under "Gray level for grayed layers and classes". This will not affect the gray level on-screen, but will lighten or darken it on the print. Oh...I didn't realise the thread was so old! It came up in a search result and I didn't notice. Apologies. Quote Link to comment
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