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630 | Chapter 22 Plot Drawings
To convert a drawing to use named plot styles
1 At the Command prompt, enter convertpstyles.
2 Choose OK when the alert box appears.
3 In the Select File dialog box, select a named plot style table to use for the
Model tab and any layouts that use plot style tables of the same name.
4 Choose Open.
AutoCAD displays a message to confirm that the drawing was converted.
Note If the Display Plot Styles option was already selected in the dialog box,
you must enter regen on the command line to display the plot style settings.
To convert a drawing to use color-dependent plot styles
1 At the Command prompt, enter convertpstyles.
2 Choose OK.
AutoCAD displays a message to confirm that the drawing was converted.
To convert a color-dependent plot style table into a named plot style table
1 At the Command prompt, enter convertctb.
2 In the Select File dialog box, select the name of the plot style table to con-
vert, and then choose Open. By default, plot style tables are saved in the
Plot Styles folder.
3 Enter the new plot style table name, and then choose Save.
4 Choose OK when the alert box appears.
Note Be sure to use the Plot Style Table Editor to change the names of the plot
styles in their new plot style table to be more meaningful before using the plot
style table with any drawings.
Command line
CONVERTCTB
Assign Plot Style Tables to Layouts
By assigning different plot style tables to each layout in your drawing, you
can control how objects in the layout are plotted. The plot style table affects
both model space and paper space objects. To plot the drawing without
applying plot style properties, choose None from the list of plot style tables.