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Assign Pens to Plot Styles
The Use Assigned Pen Number setting in the Plot Style Table Editor specifies
which physical pen to use for each plot style. The physical pens in the plotter
are described in the plotter's configuration (PC3) file. If you use a pen plotter,
you must provide information about the color, speed, and width of each pen
in the Physical Pen Configuration section of the Plotter Configuration Editor.
For example, when you specify pen information in the Plotter Configuration
Editor, you might specify that pen #1 is black and 0.010 inches and pen #2 is
red and 0.020 inches. In the Plot Style Table Editor you can assign pen #1 to
the plot style called WATER PIPES and pen #2 to the plot style called SEWER
PIPES.
You can assign a pen to a plot style by selecting from a range of 32 pen
numbers in the Use Assigned Pen Number field. The default value is 1. If plot
style color is set to Use Object Color, or if you are editing a plot style in a
color-dependent plot style table, you cannot change the assigned pen number.
If you specify 0, the field is updated to read Automatic. The information you
provided under Physical Pen Characteristics in the Plotter Configuration Editor
is used to select the pen closest in color to the color of the object you are
plotting.
Assign Pen Settings to Plotters Without Pens
Many plotters that do not use pens can simulate the performance of a pen
plotter by using virtual pens. For many devices, you can control the virtual
pens in the device with software or, by configuring them from the plotter's
control panel, with hardware.
If you allow software to control the pens, the Plot Style Table values for the
Lineweight, Linetype, Screening, Line End Style, Line Join Style, and Fill Style
settings are effective and override the settings on the plotter's control panel.
If you turn off software control of the pen attributes (typically done on the
plotter), then the software can select virtual pens but can't control lineweight,
linetype, end style, join style, fill style, or color. In the program, you select
hardware (virtual pen) control over software (normal) control by selecting
255 Virtual Pens in the Color Depth area of the Vector Graphics option on
the Device and Document Settings tab in the Plotter Configuration Editor.
Selecting any other color depth specifies software control.
In the Plot Style Table Editor under Virtual Pen #, you can specify a virtual
pen number between 1 and 255. Enter 0 or Automatic to specify that the
virtual pen assignment should be made from the ACI.
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