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    How to customize the Line weight for an exported AutoPIPE Vessel model in AutoCAD?

    Applies To
    Product(s): AutoPIPE Vessel
    Version(s): ALL 
    Environment: N/A
    Area: Drawing customization
    Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
    Date Logged
    & Current Version
    August 2016
    40.02.00.08

    Problem:

    How to customize the Line weight for an exported AutoPIPE Vessel model  in AutoCAD?

    Solution:

     

    1)      Display options

     Tab “Home”

                     Menu “Layer Properties”


    Every layer has a color. The color defines the thickness used in the layer

    All layers have a lineweight = Default ( System variable = LWDEFAULT )


    Menu “Options…”

     

    Select Tab “User Preferences”

                    Click the button “Lineweight Settings…”

     

    By default, the thickness is 0.25 mm

    The option “Display Lineweight” is unchecked ( No thickness in the display )

     

    If you check the option “Display Lineweight”

    Click the button “Apply & Close”

    Click the button “Apply”

    Now all lines have the thickness 0.25 mm.

    Some dimensions are not visible.

     

    2)      Print / plot a drawing              

    Tab “Home”

                    Menu “Layer Properties”

     

    Every layer has a color. The color defines the thickness used in the layer.

     

    Yellow color        Plot Style = Color_2         Thin thickness = 0.15 mm

    Red color             Plot Style = Color_1         Medium thickness = 0.3 mm

    White color         Plot Style = Color_7         Heavy thickness = 0.5 mm

    Green color        Plot Style = Color_3         Thin thickness (Drawn dimension) = 0.15 mm

     

    You want to print the “FORMAT_001” sheet.

     

    If message “Batch Plot” then click on “Continue to plot a single sheet”

     

    Select a Printer/Plotter and a Plot Style Table

    If you click on the button “Preview…”

     

    The same thickness in all layers.

    The results are not satisfactory.

    If you click on the button “Plot Style Table…”

     

    Color 1                  Lineweight = Use object lineweight                         

    Color 2                  Lineweight = Use object lineweight                         

    Color 3                  Lineweight = Use object lineweight                         

    Color 7                  Lineweight = Use object lineweight                         

    You have to change the line weight for some colors.

    Color 1                  Lineweight = 0.3 mm                      Medium thickness

    Color 2                  Lineweight = 0.15 mm                    Thin thickness

    Color 3                  Lineweight = 0.15 mm                    Thin thickness ( Drawn dimension )

    Color 7                  Lineweight = 0.5 mm                      Heavy thickness

     

    Click the button “Save & Close” to save the file “acad.ctb”

     

    If you click on the button “Preview…”

     

    In every layer, the thickness is different.

    The thicknesses are the same for a little sheet (A4) and a big sheet (A0).

    The results are not always satisfactory.

     

    Check the button “Scale lineweights”

     

    See Also

    Drawing Customization - Change line thickness

    2D/3D Drawings, CAD Export

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