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ML

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Re: Psetup in (Plotconfigs)
« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2008, 01:57:56 PM »

Yes, this is true, using (command "pagesetupin" ) would be the same but understand that it is a very extensive LISP routine and not one I am driving but certainly learning from :)

I feel your pain man. However, we did just that; after years of CTB, we are making the move.
I can not tell you how many drawings I have converted already.

CM, if you decide to go that way, I can certainly help you streamline the process.

You use convertpstyles and all that; you can get all that info in help but I have actually incorporated layer translator into the process as well.

Again, in your business, it may not be that big of a deal but in Civil Design, it is nice to see hydrology on shades of Blue; Landscape on shades of green and so on.

It is an undertaken but with your automation skills, I do believe that you could streamline it.

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Re: Psetup in (Plotconfigs)
« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2008, 02:09:34 PM »
I'm in the beginning stages of converting the company over to a single CTB file.  We currently use three different ones - one for each department (Civil, Structural, MEP).


Yeah... that'll be fun.  :|
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Re: Psetup in (Plotconfigs)
« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2008, 02:52:18 PM »
Actually it wont be that hard.  Pick shades of colors for the layers, and your users probably wont even notice.
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Re: Psetup in (Plotconfigs)
« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2008, 02:52:56 PM »
for instance, all your Blue Mech layers are now color 160, all your red Civil layers are 11 and so on.
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Re: Psetup in (Plotconfigs)
« Reply #34 on: March 20, 2008, 10:42:05 AM »

I am definitely an STB guy
If you can select what colors you want layers to be, independently of lineweights; that is a no brainer, to me at least.

It sucks that I have to use all red to make my drawing plot at the thinnest lineweights.

If I have a layer that has hydrology of some sort, the layer is going to be blue; then with the style, I make the lineweight thickness whatever it needs to be.

We do this though; for existing it will be a lighter shade of blue on a thinner lineweight then proposed, so you can still have contrast between existing and proposed.

It is really not that bad to convert; I would be glad to help out.

To start, just make a copy of your ctb file and type convertpstyles at the command line.

The bigger struggle is to get the users out of the red, yellow, green, cyan, magenta specific world.

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