I love the way the background is already lightened, but occasionally (ok, all the time), I gotta tweak the defaults to keep the higher ups happy. Two ways to do this.
2. Leave the print setup options - but go to object styles. Make sure you turn on the option for showing all disciplines - for each architectural or structural object that you want to make thicker, change the lineweight for projection to a heavier pen.
A couple of other plotting tips -
- Set the object style display options to coarse in MEP views for architectural objects such as walls - that turns off the patterns.
- Just want to turn off the patterns? Go to the VG settings (I also do this in my view template), under Projection/Surface > Patterns, uncheck Visible for any patterns in the walls - that leaves the boundaries but turns off the hatch.
later - David B.
2 comments:
Mr. Butts,
Handy post. I think you missed a super handy setting that should be highlighted.
For Mechanical and Electrical View Disciplines, the non-MEP element Categories are displayed using the Underlay graphics settings. Rather than jump through a few hoops to turn this off, you are better off just changing the Underlay display settings themselves.
To do this, go to Manage->Additional Settings->Halftone/Underlay. From this dialog, you can globally define the Underlay appearance, and thus provide a great deal of control over the in-Viewport and printed appearance.
We built this feature 3 releases ago with this exact use scenario in mind, although one could argue we didn't place it in the most discoverable place in the UI.
Feel free to post that back up on the main post if you think it's helpful.
Cheers,
Kyle
Thanks Kyle - that one's even more obscure than mine - you win!
See, you CAN learn something new everyday!
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