Pen Table - Map Design Colors to Output Pen Symbology dialog box

Used to apply multiple output color and width symbology to different parts of the same element, based on the component colors. For example, an element with a multicolored custom line style or an associative hatch linkage definition with a different color may be assigned unique widths for the specific colors using pen color maps. Pen color maps correspond to printer driver pen records, and may be overridden using element-based output actions.

Pen Table - Map Design Colors to Output Pen Symbology dialog box.

Create

Creates an initial set of 255 design-color-to-output-pen-symbology maps.

Edit

(Enabled only when one or more pen table entries are selected) Opens the Edit Pen Map(s) dialog box, for the selected pen table entry, which is used to edit the selected pen table entries.

OK

Applies the pen mapping settings and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

Closes the dialog box without making any changes.

Edit menu > Create New Pen Maps

Creates an initial set of 255 design-color-to-output-pen-symbology maps. Same as clicking the Create button.

Edit menu > Import from Printer Driver...

Opens the Import pen maps from printer driver file dialog box, which lets you select an existing printer driver file from which to import pen records.

Edit menu > Edit Selected Pen Maps...

(One or more pen maps selected only) Opens the Edit Pen Map(s) dialog box, which lets you set the parameters for the pen map(s). Same as clicking the Edit button.

Clear All Pen Maps

Deletes all pen maps from the dialog box.

List box

Displays the current settings for the pen mapping:

• Design Color — color indices 0 through 254 (only) may be mapped. Output symbology cannot be assigned to the background color (index 255).

• Enabled — individual pen maps may be disabled if desired. This preserves the settings in the pen table file, but prevents them from affecting the plot. The Enabled column may be useful if you wish to use both pen table pen maps and .plt pen records. Unless disabled, pen table pen maps override those in the .plt file.

• Print Color — displays the print color using RGB values.

• Print Grayscale — if checked, the print color is converted to grayscale.

• Print Screening — optional screening factor, with range 1-99. This control is used to “wash-out” a color towards white in the printed output. A 50% screen, for example, moves a color halfway to white. Screening can be used to save ink, or to de-emphasize elements plotted in that color. A screening value of 100 means do nothing, while a screening value of 1 makes the color white.

• Print Width — optional print width in either millimeters or inches.