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Re: Color lineweight settings for ctb
« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2012, 05:40:17 PM »
I have 1-7 at various thicker widths; a few randoms in the 8-15 (15 is really thick for titleblock border), then it's all x0 is thickest, x1 is thicker, x2 is thick, x3-x9 thin.
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Re: Color lineweight settings for ctb
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2012, 05:48:11 PM »
Do any of you perfer screening and/or using thinner lineweights to accent different objects?
 
For example
New objects = 0.35 - 0.5
Existing objects = 0.15 - 0.25
 
or
New objects = 0.35 - 0.5
Existing objects = 0.35 - 0.5 @ 75% screening

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Re: Color lineweight settings for ctb
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2012, 05:48:48 PM »
I don't see STB's as much of a draw back to be honest when compared to CTB's. The only drawback would be if someone decided to get all crazy and name each style in pig latin or something. Keeping a good naming convention for each Lineweight is the best protocol. Or even if you use the "Extra Bold, Bold, Medium, Thin, Extra Thin" naming convention then that works too.

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Re: Color lineweight settings for ctb
« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2012, 05:50:40 PM »
I don't see STB's as much of a draw back to be honest when compared to CTB's. The only drawback would be if someone decided to get all crazy and name each style in pig latin or something. Keeping a good naming convention for each Lineweight is the best protocol. Or even if you use the "Extra Bold, Bold, Medium, Thin, Extra Thin" naming convention then that works too.

Thats how we name ours
 
Extraway Oldbay
Oldbay
Ediummay
Inthay
Extraway Inthay
Ouyay on'tday avehay away airhay onway ouryay assway. Atthay
ouldway ebay ootay unnyfay!!
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Re: Color lineweight settings for ctb
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2012, 10:23:16 AM »
Do any of you perfer screening and/or using thinner lineweights to accent different objects?
 
For example
New objects = 0.35 - 0.5
Existing objects = 0.15 - 0.25
 
or
New objects = 0.35 - 0.5
Existing objects = 0.35 - 0.5 @ 75% screening

Yup.  We do half-tone and full lineweight for existing and vendor-supplied objects which are dark grey and orange in the model, respectively.  Thin lines and half-tone don't always print properly, especially when printing to photocopiers.
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Re: Color lineweight settings for ctb
« Reply #35 on: April 26, 2012, 01:04:35 PM »
I prefer thinner lineweights over shading only because the old 755 is terrible at shading.  The 1055 on the other hand is great.
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