You could create a plotstyle called Black100% that would plot all objects with that style as a black line with 100% ink that could get its lines Style from the object. I believe named based plotstyles where invented to help make things easier. Now for the very confusing part: objects get there properties from the layer it is on or is assigned properties but the object is plotted by the plotstyle.Įxample: a may line may be displayed as a dashed, thin, red but may plot as green thick solid line! If you view the plotstyle editor and it has 255 styles it is a color based drawing Objects get their plotstyle from the layer plotstyle or may have the style directly assigned.Ī colored based drawing has a plot style for each of the 255 colors and objects get their plotstyle from the color.Ī plot style dictates how the object is drawn by the Plotter/printer. You may have as many or few as you want, most people have fewer than 10 plot styles.

You can override layer properties but it is recommended to let object get their properties from the layer unless you have a very good reason.Ī named based drawing has different named plot styles that assign plot properties. There are two types of drawings: color based and named based and depend on the template used to create the drawing.Ī object gets its color, line type, thickness and other properties (view the layer dialog box for all layer properties) by default from the layer it is drawn on. Well it could be a lot easier but here goes.

Autocad plot style screening