By assigning different plot style tables to each layout in your drawing, you can control how objects in the layout are plotted.

The plot style table affects both model space and paper space objects. To plot the drawing without applying plot style properties, select None from the list of plot style tables.

If you use named plot style tables, each object in the drawing either is assigned a plot style directly or inherits a plot style from its layer.

To display the effects of a plot style table in a layout, select Display Plot Styles under Plot Style Table in the Page Setup dialog box.

Procedure

To assign a plot style table to a layout

1. Click the Model tab or the layout tab to which you want to assign the plot style table.
2. Click Output tabPlot panelPage Setup. At the command prompt, enter pagesetup.
3. In Page Setup Manager, click Modify.
4. Under Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments), select a plot style table from the list.
5. In the Question dialog box, click Yes or No to indicate whether the selection should be applied to the current tab only or to all layouts.

   This option is available only for the Model tab.

6. To preview the effects of the plot style table in the layout, select Display Plot Styles.

   This option is available only for layouts.

7. Click OK.
8. In Page Setup Manager, click Close.

NoteIf the Display Plot Styles option was already selected in the dialog box, you must enter regen at the command prompt to display the plot style settings.

To preview the effects of a plot style table in a layout

1. Click the layout tab in which you want to preview the effects of the plot style table.
2. Click Output tabPlot panelPage Setup. At the command prompt, enter pagesetup.
3. In Page Setup Manager, click Modify.
4. In the Page Setup dialog box, under Plot Style Table (Pen Assignments), select the Display Plot Styles option.
5. Click OK.
6. In Page Setup Manager, click Close.

   The effects of the plot style table are previewed in the layout.

Quick Reference

Commands

PAGESETUP

Controls the page layout, plotting device, paper size, and other settings for each new layout.