(The example below shows selecting a style named Medium.) Use the bottom menu (pictured below) to set an STB style to a layer. Apply each of your STB styles to the appropriate layer in the Layers and/or Block Colors settings in the General Preferences – ideally using our Layer Colors Spreadsheet as a guide.įollow our steps to edit layer information from the General Preferences. You can make these edits to both layer colors and block colors from within the General Preferences screen.Ĥ. When the system creates that layer or inserts a block with a layer of that color, it will do its best to apply the assigned STB plot style. If the current drawing is set to STB (named) plot styles, you will be able to edit the Named Plot Style for each layer and block color used in that drawing. We've added STB capability to our software, allowing you to apply your STB styles (or those of your clients) to your drawings. To ensure that everything is plotting correctly, you'll need to look at the entire list of layers and ensure that each layer is assigned the correct plot style. Herein lies the main issue with STB styles: You have to pull up the Layer Properties Manager and look at each plot style to see how each line in your drawing will plot, rather than just looking at the line colors. Here, you'll see the plot style that's currently set for each layer. When you open the Layer Properties Manager in CAD (type Layer in the Command line and press Enter), you'll see a Plot Style column that lists a style for each layer. This type of setup may seem easy – until you have to get into the nuts and bolts of actually making it work. For example, you could have just 5 styles: Heavy, Medium, Thin, Ultra-Thin, and Halftone, for example.
Here's why >Īn STB file can include as many, or as few, named styles as you want. If you want to use CTB plot styles (hint, hint), see our articles on:īecause CTB plot styles rely on a logical system of layer colors rather than a long list of layer names, we've found them to be a much better option than STBs.