Plot style help

Hi,
I am trying to set a pen setting for a drawing just before it gets
plotted. I have tried the Developer Documentation, whose instructions are:

ACADPref.DefaultPlotStyleTable = <path to ctb file>

but this doesn't apply the style to the drawing at all (the drawing is
plotted as if no styles had been applied.

Is this clear enough, or should I provide more explanation? If anyone
has any ideas, I would appreciate some help very much.

Thanks,

Alex

 

Without source code, its rather hard to determine your problem.

For clarity:

needs to include the filename as well [in case you didn't] and tell it to
use plotstyles PlotWithPlotStyles = True

You also need to call RefreshPlotDeviceInfo after you set it.

-- Mike
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CADalyst's CAD Clinic
Rand IMAGINiT Technologies
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Thanks for the info, but I still haven't had any success. Here is the
code I am trying:

Application.Preferences.Output.DefaultPlotStyleTable =
"C:\ProgramFiles\Autodesk\MDT6\Plot Styles\monochrome.ctb"

ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.Layout.RefreshPlotDeviceInfo
ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout.PlotWithPlotStyles = True
ThisDrawing.Plot.PlotToFile("C:\Drawings\Test.dwf", "C:\Program
Files\Autodesk\MDT6\Plotters\PublishToWeb DWF.pc3")

If I set the plot style manually, it is applied to the drawing as it
plots, but this code plots out without applying the monochrome.ctb.

Thanks,

Alex

 

If I set the plot style manually, it is applied to the drawing as it

That's because you are not applying it to the object you want to plot.
You're setting things at the application level, the layout level and at
model space [which may not be the activelayout since you didn't set it]

WIth ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout
.RefreshPlotDeviceInfo
.ConfigName = "PublishToWeb DWF.pc3"
.PlotWithPlotStyles = True
.StyleSheet = "monochrome.ctb"
.RefreshPlotDeviceInfo
End With
ThisDrawing.Plot.PlotToFile "C:\Drawings\Test.dwf"

-- Mike
___________________________
Mike Tuersley
CADalyst's CAD Clinic
Rand IMAGINiT Technologies
___________________________
the trick is to realize that there is no spoon...

 

Yep, that worked perfectly. I hadn't realized there was more than one
level of settings, but I had a feeling that my trouble was because of
unset settings.

Thanks again,

Alex