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Quick Reference
Commands
PLOTSTYLE
Controls the named plot styles that are attached to the current layout and
can be assigned to objects.
STYLESMANAGER
Displays the Plot Style Manager, where you can revise plot style tables.
Delete Color Mapping Tables
If you delete the mapping table, the plot style table becomes an ordinary plot
style table and is no longer useful for applying plot styles to old drawings.
Named plot style tables that you create using CFG, PCP, or PC2 files have
color mapping tables that are created from your previous pen mappings.
Color-dependent plot style tables also have color mapping tables. Color
mapping tables are used to map plot styles to colors and thus to objects of
each color when opening pre- AutoCAD 2000 drawings. This enables you to
simulate the way drawings were plotted in previous versions.
While the color mapping table exists, you cannot add, delete, or rename plot
styles in that plot style table.
If you delete the mapping table, the plot style table becomes an ordinary plot
style table and is no longer useful for applying plot styles to old drawings. It
continues to be useful for new drawings.
WARNING If you delete a color mapping table, plot styles cannot automatically
be assigned to objects when older drawings are opened for the first time.
To delete a color mapping table
1 Click Format ➤ Plot Style.
2 Double-click the plot style table that you want to modify.
3 In the Plot Style Table Editor, General tab, click Delete AutoCAD Release
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