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Control is available when you select the Use Named Plot Styles option and
open a new drawing. (PSTYLEPOLICY system variable)
Use Color Dependent Plot Styles
Uses color-dependent plot styles in both new drawings and drawings created
in AutoCAD Release 14 or earlier. Color-dependent plot styles use the numbers
from the AutoCAD Color Index to create a plot style table with a .ctb file
extension. Each color is defined by a name or number ranging from 1 to 255.
You can assign each color number to a different pen on a pen plotter to achieve
different property settings in the plotted drawing. If this option is selected, a
plot style is created for each color setting. (PSTYLEPOLICY system variable =
1)
Once a drawing is saved with Use Color Dependent Plot Styles as the default,
you can convert it to Use Named Plot Styles using the CONVERTCTB and
CONVERTPSTYLES commands.
Use Named Plot Styles
Uses named plot styles in both new drawings and drawings created in earlier
versions of AutoCAD. The drawing is plotted according to the property settings
that you specify in the plot style definition. The plot style is defined in the
plot style table attached to the layout. Named plot style tables are files with
the file extension .stb. (PSTYLEPOLICY system variable = 0)
Once a drawing is saved with Use Named Plot Styles as the default, you can
convert it to Use Color Dependent Plot Styles using the CONVERTCTB and
CONVERTPSTYLES commands. However, once you use CONVERTPSTYLES to
convert a drawing from using a named plot style table to a color plot style
table, you cannot use CONVERTPSTYLES to convert it back to using a named
plot style table.
Current Plot Style Table Settings
Specifies the current plot style table settings that are applied to new drawings.
Default Plot Style Table
Specifies the default plot style table to attach to new drawings. A plot style
table is a file with a .ctb or an .stb extension that includes and defines plot
styles. If you are using color-dependent plot styles, this option lists all color
dependent plot style tables found in the search path as well as the value of
None. If you are using named plot styles, this option lists all named plot styles
tables.
Default Plot Style for Layer 0
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