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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
14 Color Mapping Table.
4 Read the warning. Click Yes to delete the color mapping table, or click
No to keep it.
5 Click Save & Close.
Quick Reference
Commands
STYLESMANAGER
Displays the Plot Style Manager, where you can revise plot style tables.
Change Plot Style Settings
You can modify plot styles using the Plot Style Table Editor. Changes you
make to a plot style affect the objects to which that plot style is assigned.
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