polyline widths in several scaled viewports

maybe i'm just not thinking straight...but...we have a set of drawings in various scales. in 50 scale for the site, we want the roadway to show as a heavier line so we set the polyline width to .4 , but in the enlarged drawings as 10 scale, it's much to heavy. is there a simple way of setting this so that the larger scaled drawing (50) has a heavier line and the smaller scaled drawing (10) has a lighter line? setting the lineweight gives us the reverse effect that we're after. thanks much.

 

Look at using plot styles for layouts.Saves a lot of work after you create
them and save them in a layout template.

Murph

various scales. in 50 scale for the site, we want the roadway to show as a
heavier line so we set the polyline width to .4 , but in the enlarged
drawings as 10 scale, it's much to heavy. is there a simple way of setting
this so that the larger scaled drawing (50) has a heavier line and the
smaller scaled drawing (10) has a lighter line? setting the lineweight
gives us the reverse effect that we're after. thanks much.

 

Are you using color or named plot styles? If one uses plot styles to
control the weight rather than the polyline width, you should achieve the
results you desire.

Terry S.

 

say, thanks. didn't think of that. i'll give it shot. thanks much!