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 A u utoCAD toCAD Tip - Plot in Black and W hite hite ala Monochrome So y ou want to take yo u multimulti-colore colore d drawing and pl plot ot it in in just black and white, but how? This post is a direc t result of a q uestion I r eceiv ed from an attendee on the See the Dif Differe ference nce with AutoCAD 201 0 Tour (http://acad.experience.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/go/4 357 ) in October. October.

(http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0120a684c d4497 0b-pi) 0b-pi) In Auto CAD (http: (http://www.autodesk.com/autoc //www.autodesk.com/autoc ad) when you go to the Plot command and enter the Plot dialog dialog ex pand the Plot dialog.

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Select the Monochrome plot sty le (ctb or stb). Now Select Now select Apply to the Layout and prev iew or Plot Plot and yo u should should  be good go od to go go..

(http: (http://autodesk //autodesk.blogs .blogs.com/.a/6a00d834 .com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01287 1bfd0c53ef01287 5869c1a97 0c-pi) Cheers, Shaan Update 12-14-09: I 12-14-09: I was unaware that Auto CAD Ar chitecture ""ACA" ACA" di did d not c ontain the basic mono chrome CT CTB B plotstyle so I am posting it here on the post. Download M Monoc onoc hrome (http://autodesk.blogs.com/files/monoc (http://autodesk.blogs.com/files/monoc hrome.ctb ). Update 12-15-0 12-15-0 9: There 9: There is a monochro me plot style in ACA just not too obv ious. There is AIA Standard.ctb which happens to be monochrome. Tha Thanks nks Bill Bi ll and Jeff Jeff..

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Bobby   •   Bobby

Hello I have autocad 2013 I clicked on Monochrome.stb and when I previewed it and all blocks including my title blocks are still s till in color. Does D oes anyone know know if I have something turned on/off. Thanks Thanks in advance Bobby •

Shaan Hurley Hurley   •  

Perhaps your Perhaps  your blocks are set are set to plot by color. •

trainee   •   trainee

Try using SETBYLAYER SETBYLAYER command com mand

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Thankyou!!! •

Frank J. LOeverone  LOeverone   •  

How do I get my background in greyscale? Thanks Frank •

kszyho   •   kszyho

maybe your blocks were created c reated using color books •

[email protected]   •   [email protected]

Is there there an answer to this question? •

Miranda   •   Miranda

OMG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! I've been dealing with this problem for so long and could NOT figure it out! It worked! So simple! XOXOXOXOX •

Babus   •   Babus

GENIUS! thanks •

Peter   •  

Thank you thank you thank you. I was going nuts trying to find this setting. :-) •

amir   •  

 Appre  A ppreciate ciate it buddy buddy!! •

Shaan Hurley  Hurley  •  

 AutoCA  A utoCAD D only only support supports s a 2D PDF und underla erlay, y, not not 3D. 3D. Best Regards, Shaan •

Gina Vo  Vo  •  

I have spend about weeks trying to load the autocad 3D hidden drawing to .PDF, have not been able to. Please help. •

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alex d  d  •  

if you only see monochrome.stb monochrome.s tb instead of ctb c tb you then have have to enter: CONVERTPSTYLES into the command line. •

alex d  d  •  

using 2012 and i still have the the expand arrow. •

Kim   •   Kim

thanks! thank s! althoug although h the 'expand' arrow has now gone and the drop down box is is always there •

Shaan Hurley  Hurley  •  

Sounds like you are using ACA not AutoCAD. AutoCAD. Select a monochrome m onochrome plot style s tyle or create one by changing all pens to black. You can also download the monochrome plot style I posted in this blog post "monochrome.ctb": http://autodesk.blogs.com/file... •

deniz   •   deniz

 AIA Stand  AI Standart.ctb art.ctb is not monocrom because because when when i use prewiev prewiev,, i see the drawi drawings ngs in color? Plus to that i tried to make a new plot set s et by using the ctb m onocrome file you have uploaded. uploaded. but it did not worked. ItIt does not let me to choose plotter type. So i can't go to the second step. Therefore i can't make my ctb monocrome plot style. •

Shaan Hurley  Hurley  •  

Just found out there is a monochrome m onochrome CTB plot style with ACA. There is AIA AIA Standard.ctb Standard.ctb which w hich happens to be monochrome. •

Shaan Hurley  Hurley  •  

Randy, I was not aware that ACA did not have that basic and needed plot style. I will post the CTB to the blog post. Cheers, Shaan •

Randy Stach  Stach  •  

What if you are using AutoCAD Architecture and there is no "Monochrome.ctb"? "Monochrome.ctb"? How do I get the monochome plot style to my AutoCAD Architecture Architecture 2010? •

K Elrod  Elrod  •  

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If using STB make sure none of the layers are set s et to a Normal plot style name or you will still get color. c olor. •

Wendell Bellerand  Bellerand  •  

Hello Hel lo well when ever i print its print in reverse direction, how can c an get it back the way it use us e to print? •

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