ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Showing a steel rebar grid on the concrete floor using a ploy line hatched with grid & lightweight set to 1 & would like it faded. I do not want to change my plan to print in color. How do I do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenoeightspot Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Change color to light gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Thanks, Will but I want to print in B&W, While transparencies of 80-95% will print nicely for fills. line work will not accept transparencies. When printing in B&W ALL colors are changed to black including gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenoeightspot Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Print in "Gray" scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Why not change your settings to Color Off is Grayscale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I always print to grayscale and never black and white, you just need to be carful what color you choose. Great for wall fills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 OK figured it out. While the line weight is one, you can still set transparency to 90 with black grid & get the result I wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Like so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said: I always print to grayscale and never black and white, you just need to be carful what color you choose. Great for wall fills But don't you have to change all your line work to some shade of gray to make that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, ACADuser said: But don't you have to change all your line work to some shade of gray to make that work? no just pick a color that works for you or just use a grey color. turn off the color icon to see what it looks like in grayscale after changing to grayscale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 So you print in color with the color turned off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 No that didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 minute ago, ACADuser said: So you print in color with the color turned off? No, you just print in black and white with color turned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, ACADuser said: So you print in color with the color turned off? This what I personally do... Preferences>Appearance>Display>Color Off Is: Grayscale Color is always toggled Off in layout When I print, I DO NOT print in color I typically choose either black or some variation of gray for all my various objects and layers, but if you prefer to work in color, you'll just need to experiment a little to get a feel for how the different colors translate over into their gray-scale result. It may just be that you need to set up a few more layer sets so that you can work in color and print in grayscale but still get the desired end results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 That Preference setting to Grayscale is what I was missing. I see yellow in a gray shade now. And you don't have to turn color off in plan to send to layout, just turn color off in layout. Thanks Micheal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, ACADuser said: So you print in color with the color turned off? I print in color and turn the color off just to see how that color looks in grayscale. I always print in color b/c some of my clients have color plotters and they like it but they can also print in grayscale if they want to. It's done at the printing stage not the drawing stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Thanks Perry, I suppose you have issues with pale colors not wanting to print dark enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 2 hours ago, ACADuser said: Thanks Perry, I suppose you have issues with pale colors not wanting to print dark enough? YEP, A LONG TIME AGO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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