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CONVERTPSTYLES
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Switch the Type of Plot Style Table
Converts the current drawing to either named or color-dependent plot styles.
Summary
A drawing can use either named or color-dependent plot styles, but not both.
CONVERTPSTYLES converts a currently open drawing from color-dependent
plot styles to named plot styles, or from named plot styles to color-dependent
plot styles, depending on which plot style method the drawing is currently
using.
When you convert a drawing, CONVERTPSTYLES sets the PSTYLEMODE
system variable to the appropriate setting (0 = named, 1= color-dependent).
For example, a drawing using color-dependent plot styles assigns plot properties
to objects and layers by color. In other words, all objects with the same color
have the same plot properties. CONVERTPSTYLES converts the drawing to
use named plot styles that can be applied to objects or layers independent of
color assignment. In other words, all objects with the same color can have
different plot properties.
Converting Drawings from Color-Dependent to Named Plot
Styles
A dialog box advises you to convert the drawing's plot style tables before
converting the drawing. You can convert the color-dependent plot style tables
assigned to the drawing to named plot style tables using CONVERTCTB.
The Select File dialog box (a
standard file selection dialog box) is displayed,
where you select the named plot style table file to attach to the converted
drawing.
CONVERTPSTYLES requires you to select a named plot style table that was
converted using CONVERTCTB or created from a PC2 or PCP file. Normally
you should select the named plot style table that was converted from the
color-dependent plot style table that was assigned to the same drawing.
CONVERTPSTYLES attaches the selected named plot style table to model space
and to all layouts. Drawing layers are each assigned a named plot style (from
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