Screening refers to
applying less ink to an object when it is plotted. The object appears
dimmer on the screen and on the plotted paper. Screening can be
used to help differentiate objects in a drawing without changing
the objects' color properties.
To
assign a screening value to an object, you must assign a plot style
to the object, and then define the screening value in that plot
style.
You can assign a screening value from 0 to 100.
The default setting, 100, means no screening is applied, and the
object is displayed with normal ink intensity. A screening value
of 0 means the object contains no ink and is thus invisible in that
viewport.
To apply screening to objects
in a layout viewport
- Right-click a CTB or STB file. Click
Open.
- In the Plot Style Table Editor, Form
View tab, select a plot style to change.
- In the Screening box, enter an intensity
value between 1 and 100.
- Click Save & Close.
- In the Page Setup dialog box, Plot Device
tab, select the edited plot style table from the Plot Style Table
(Pen Assignments) list.
- Double-click within the layout viewport
that contains the objects whose screening you want to change.
- Select the objects whose plot style you
want to change.
- Right-click in the drawing area and click
Properties.
- In the Properties palette, use one of
the following methods:
- If you are using named plot style tables,
next to Plot Style, select the plot style you edited in the Plot
Style Table Editor. If that plot style is not listed, select Other
and set Active Plot Style Table to the plot style you edited in
the Plot Style Table Editor. Select the edited plot style from the
Plot Styles list in the Select Plot Style dialog box.
- If you are using color-dependent plot
style tables, next to Color, select the color whose plot style you
edited in the Plot Style Table Editor.
CommandsPAGESETUP
Controls the page layout,
plotting device, paper size, and other settings for each new layout.
PROPERTIES
Controls properties
of existing objects.
