Assign Plot Style Tables to Layouts

By assigning different plot style tables to each layout in your drawing, you can control how objects in the layout are plotted. The plot style table affects both model space and paper space objects. To plot the drawing without applying plot style properties, select None from the list of plot style tables.

If you use named plot style tables, each object in the drawing is either assigned a plot style directly or inherits a plot style from its layer.

To display the effects of a plot style table in a layout, select Display Plot Styles under Plot Style Table in the Page Setup dialog box.

Procedures

To create a plot style table

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Style Table, click the drop-down list and then click New.
3. Read the first page. Click Next.
4. On the Begin page, you can choose to use a configuration file (CFG) or plotter configuration file (PCP or PC2) to import pen settings, base the new plot style table on an existing plot style table, or start from scratch. If you use an existing plot style table, the new plot style table uses the same type of table as the original. Click Next.
5. On the Pick Plot Style Table page, select Color-Dependent Plot Style Table or Named Plot Style Table.
6. If you are importing pen settings from a PCP, PC2, or CFG file, or if you are basing the new plot style table on an existing plot style table, specify the file on the Browse File Name page. If you use a CFG file, you may need to select which plotter's configuration to import. Click Next.
7. On the File Name page, enter a name for the new plot style table. Click Next.
8. On the Finish page, you can edit the new plot style table by choosing Plot Style Table Editor. You can assign the new plot style table so that it can be used in all drawings.
9. Click Finish.

   The new plot style table is available in both the Plot and the Page Setup dialog boxes for all drawings using color-dependent plot style tables.

To edit plot styles in a plot style table

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Style Table, click the plot style table you want to change.
3. In the Plot Style Table Editor, Form View tab, under Plot Styles, select a plot style and edit the settings.
4. Click Save & Close.

To change a plot style table description

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Plot dialog box, under Plot Style Table, click the plot style table file whose description you want to change.
3. In the Plot Style Table Editor, General tab, enter the new description for the plot style table.
4. Click Save & Close.

To assign a plot style table to a layout

1. Click the Model tab or the layout tab to which you want to assign the plot style table.
2. From the Application menu , click Print Page Setup.
3. In Page Setup Manager, click Modify.
4. Under Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments), select a plot style table from the list.
5. In the Question dialog box, click Yes or No to indicate whether the selection should be applied to the current tab only or to all layouts.

   This option is available only for the Model tab.

6. To preview the effects of the plot style table in the layout, select Display Plot Styles.

   This option is available only for layouts.

7. Click OK.
8. In Page Setup Manager, click Close.

Note: If the Display Plot Styles option was already selected in the dialog box, you must switch to a different layout or Model tab and then back again to display the plot style settings.

To preview the effects of a plot style table in a layout

1. Click the layout tab in which you want to preview the effects of the plot style table.
2. From the Application menu , click Print Page Setup.
3. In Page Setup Manager, click Modify.
4. In the Page Setup dialog box, under Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments), select the Display Plot Styles option.
5. Click OK.
6. In Page Setup Manager, click Close.

   The effects of the plot style table are previewed in the layout.