How to print in grayscale and monochrome

Hello,

I have a question regarding printing setting for a drawing.

I am trying to print a drawing just like this:

I tried making the background on a single level and color (level-1 and color 128), what is printed in grayscale in the example.

What is the interest in the drawing is the objects left in monochrome.

How do i make the setting to achieve the example ? Tried some setting in pen table but with no effect.

Thank you,

Stefanita Pluteanu

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  • This is pretty typical
    I am assuming the Background drawing is your real plan that is many weights and needs now to be wt=0, co=0 or gray
    I assume the Background is a reference file

    Simple

    Ctrl-B
    Set override ON
    Set Transparency ON

    Go to your reference manager and set the transparency of your background to 40% or as you see fit

    Go to level manager and you select OVERRIDE from the top pulldown

    Now select all levels in your ref file and set all wt=0 and CO=0

    Then plot as Grayscale

    The background will be wt=0, co=0 and will be 40% transparent
    Every time your background is updated or replaced on the harddrive - it will still work as all this is done in the Master Drawing and reflects what is seen. No changes have actually been made to the background file.

    Ustn since 1988
    SS4 - i7-3.45Ghz-16 Gb-250/1Tb/1Tb-Win8.1-64b

    Eric D. Milberger
    Architect + Master Planner + BIM

    Senior  Master Planner NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center

    The Milberger Architectural Group, llc

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  • This is pretty typical
    I am assuming the Background drawing is your real plan that is many weights and needs now to be wt=0, co=0 or gray
    I assume the Background is a reference file

    Simple

    Ctrl-B
    Set override ON
    Set Transparency ON

    Go to your reference manager and set the transparency of your background to 40% or as you see fit

    Go to level manager and you select OVERRIDE from the top pulldown

    Now select all levels in your ref file and set all wt=0 and CO=0

    Then plot as Grayscale

    The background will be wt=0, co=0 and will be 40% transparent
    Every time your background is updated or replaced on the harddrive - it will still work as all this is done in the Master Drawing and reflects what is seen. No changes have actually been made to the background file.

    Ustn since 1988
    SS4 - i7-3.45Ghz-16 Gb-250/1Tb/1Tb-Win8.1-64b

    Eric D. Milberger
    Architect + Master Planner + BIM

    Senior  Master Planner NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center

    The Milberger Architectural Group, llc

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