CAD tip # 9318:

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Material list on isometric drawings not printed black-and-white.

Material schedule table inserted in an isometric drawing is printed in color, even when the plot style table points all colors to black.

Color print is caused by that the text color is assigned to a TrueColor and not to a standard AutoCAD base color (ACI). To print the material table in monochrome, you need to change the text color to an AutoCAD ACI color:

Go to project settings: Isometric DWG Settings > Title Block and Display
Click on Setup Title Block
Select the table you want to change and select the appropriate row by clicking on the table border
Unlock the cells from the ribbon with Unlock: the panel Cell Format > Cell Locking > Unlock
Change the text color in properties
Save the changes

The procedure is illustrated in a video on CAD Studio's YouTube channel:

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applies to: AutoCAD Plant 3D 2014 · AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 ·

See also:
Tip 13843:	Accented characters (umlauts) are incorrectly displayed in the material schedule on isometric drawing.
Tip 13796:	PCF file generated from AutoCAD Plant 3D is not compatible with my application.
Tip 12138:	German, French, Hungarian, Chinese… labels in Plant 3D isometrics.
Tip 9715:	Some coordinates in isometric are displayed with decimal places.
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