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You can use an automatic text field to display the currently used (applied) plot style table (a .CTB or .STB file) as a text or attribute in your DWG drawing (the name is not stored in a variable).

In the FIELD command dialog, select the category Plot and choose "Plot Style Table" from the field names. You can also just paste the following string into any drawing text:

%<\AcVar PlotStyleTable>%

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23.5.2014    16585×  

See also:
Tip 14608:How can the same DWG show dimensions for the Germans and French with a decimal comma, and for the British and Americans with a point?
Tip 14505:How to set the "Display Plot Styles" option for all layouts at once?
Tip 14017:Voronoi diagrams in AutoCAD.
Tip 13911:How to print all sheets at once from Inventor?
Tip 13878:SelectSimilar - extended selections for AutoCAD, incl. LT and Web versions


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