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#1 Daniel Zanoli

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 12:23 PM

When printing or checking my work on a pdf file my deck seems to be to dark. Can I set the deck pens to a lighter tone?  Lot of lines close together and has way to much pop compared to the rest of the drawing.



#2 Keith Almond

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 12:30 PM

Yes, You can either put he deck on a separate layer and use FADE or my preference is use a pen that's set to print grey rather than black. I have 3 grey shades (pens 10, 11 and 12) just for that instance. Let's face it, we really never need 16 black pens do we.

 

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 12:48 PM

Further to Keith's reply you can set-up the pens at the System, Project or Drawing level under - Pen Setup - Decks.

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 01:24 PM

Thanks guys .. much better.  


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#5 Keith Almond

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 01:52 PM

or in my case ... since I'm really picky about pen thicknesses.

 

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 02:48 PM

Thanks Keith I'll go try it. I'm sure its what I'm looking for. Don't know why but I looked right past the Item group tab in my Pen settings. I knew it had to be there somewhere. 



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Posted 01 March 2018 - 03:16 PM

Keith-is there a particular reason that you have a white pen?  Is that like a no-print line?


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Posted 01 March 2018 - 07:09 PM

I just set my pens up like yours Keith. Pretty simple way to do it as far as the 1 for 1,  2 for 2, 3 for 3, is a great simple way to remember the settings. Even I can remember it. The deck looks great also.  Is there anyway you can get the railing post to print solid?  Besides filling them.



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Posted 01 March 2018 - 07:56 PM

Keith-is there a particular reason that you have a white pen?  Is that like a no-print line?

 

Of course there is ... and it's nothing to do with no-print ... remember the AUTOMATIC ELEVATIONS thread?

 

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If you're not writing/drawing on a white background, sometimes white text or lines show much more clearly than black.


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