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smudger View Drop Down
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Points: 17 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: changing layer colours
    Posted: 30.Mar.2011 at 17:31
Hi,
I need to send a pdf of my dwg file but want everything to print monochrome except one layer. I have around 70 layers on the dwg - is there an easy way to change the colour of all the layers at once and then change the layer I want to highlight afterwards? I need fire alarms and lighting etc to show up and don't want the pdf to print in all colours or all black as it would get lost.
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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30.Mar.2011 at 18:54

Edit the monchrome.ctb or stb plot style file (whichever you use) and change the color of that one layer from black to red then save this new style using a different name.  All the layers except the one you changed should print in black.
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Points: 321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30.Mar.2011 at 21:53
If you are using a ctb file for plotting, for the layer you want in color, set the layer color to a "true color" and it will plot in that color.
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Points: 17 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31.Mar.2011 at 10:18
Many thanks gents, sorted it. So much quicker than changing 70 layers!
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