I use a really simple set of parameters in all my work, I even draw the black lines lines black. So no pen tables, print styles, just a simple modified PDF.pltcfg. The only thing not WYSIWYG is line weight (may change that soon, IDK. So here's my problem, occasionally I must work in DWG files, delivered back to client. So I need to translate the colors to black, generally, when I make them printouts. I use my everyday .pltcfg, modified with a pen table defined under "Default Pen Table File Name" in the General section. Works a charm when I use standard plot from Microstaion, but when I load the same thing in Print Organizer and print, it ignores the pen table. If I go thru and add the pen table to each individual file, it works, not a desirable solution.
Am I doing something wrong or is this deprecated workflow? Please help I don't want to go thru Service Ticket, they've wore me out with the bugs in Connect. If I must I'll change my workflow, perhaps I need to incorporate Print Styles or a Design Script to do this, neither of which I've ever messed with.
TIA
Hi Bob,
Do you have the workspace\workset set?Are you using a configuration variable to point to the pen table? or full file path?When I've had problems like this with PO in the past, it's usually been a workspace problem.Maybe try in a DGN, see if it does the same thing.You could also try selecting all the files in PO, right click, open the properties and try to set that way. You shouldn't have to do this of course....what your describing is how I've done it in the past.
Tom F.
Answer Verified By: Bob Rayner
I think the pen table needs to be added to the print definitions. It's been a few years since I created our print definitions and I have the pen table added. I think I had run into the same issue where the pen table was not being read from the .pltcfg.
The only thing we use our pen table for is to substitute text t add the date, file name & user. Removing the pen table from one of my files in a .pset the text substitution is ignored eventhough the pen table is defined in my .pltcfg.
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Mwlong,
That's a good one, I forgot about the print definitions
Tom F
I ran thru it again with the .pltcfg set-up with the pen table in advance, when I create a new set of sheets, it works just fine. The issue only came about when I created/modified the .pltcfg after I created the set. So I don't know if it's a bug or just a minor annoyance.
You folks were on the right track. The pen table does need to be associated with each individual print definition. Apparently this happens when you create a new .pset, but not if you modify an existing one.
Apologies for the false alarm I guess.
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Glad it worked out. At least with an existing .pset you can select all print definitions and change the pen table in the properties in one shot. It we really be bad if you had to do it one by one. We have some psets with 500 cross section sheets.
One suggestion you could try if you change properties in a Print Style and want to update an existing .pset. In PO go to <Tools <Apply Print Style (as long as you did not modify anything in the print definitions after adding them to PO). To me, it would re-apply to Print Style and update the Pen Table (assuming that is what you changed).
I have not tried this, but just poking around I saw that menu item. It's worth a shot anyhow.