The plot styles could be named better as well. If I was to create a custom one I'd start with the FDOT.stb attached below and add a couple more shades of object color. I'd recommend using the Autodesk-MONO.stb which installs with AutoCAD as it doesn't need to be included with drawing shared outside the organization since anyone with AutoCAD already has it. Your CAD Manager does need to set one as the company standard. We do have a large collection of mostly CTB files needed to plot drawings from consultants. I cannot imagine why any organization would have more that one STB file for their own use. One corporate one, maybe one for each discipline, but just one.I've never written a custom STB, used the Autodesk-MONO.stb which installs with AutoCAD for many years before conforming to the Florida Dept.
For example, each of our offices do not need their own. Granted, some may be for other disciplines but that is far too many for people to choose from.
ctb and template are locked so no one user can make a change to it. I am used to what folks call old school where the. ctb file be better for larger corporations with offices in different towns and states? That way every drawing is the same so clients are not getting plots that look different? We're trying to tie down some standards so each user, be it a designer, EI or PE that uses AutoCAD are on the same page? stb format users are making changes to their drawings in other offices that differ from what another office might use. The issue I think we are encountering here is that with the. With only 6 plot styles it gives more control than the 256 required for a CTB could ever dream of.
of Transportation's FDOT.stb which has only 3 grayscales (all you really need) and adds "5% Color" which plots a light shade of the object color which is great for solid hatches. It would take a complex CTB to come anywhere near that which is why there isn't one installed with AutoCAD. With an STB like Autodesk-MONO.stb which installs with AutoCAD you can set any layer or object to plot at the color it's drawn, black or one of 10 shades of gray out of the box. As long as Lineweight is left as "Use object lineweight" for each of the 256 colors in a CTB you can control the lineweight with either the Layer Manager or the Properties Palette. The 2000 version introduced lineweights in the Layer Manager as well as the STB option. Both work well when used properly, but I prefer the power of STBīefore the 2000 version came out 19 years ago we had to use a CTB to control both plotting color and lineweight.
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