pen table

[pkeenan]

Hi


Is there a defualt pen table file for plotting or do I need to create one from scratch? Maybe someone could post an existing table to use as a reference.


Thanks,


Patrick

 

[shadshood]

the default pen mapping is always used unless another pen mapping file has been created and Pro/ENGINEER has been configured to use it. to specify the default pen mapping, simply remove any reference to pen table files from the config.pro and PCF files, and remove any file named table.pnt from all working directories.
settings in the configuration file are numerous, for instance if ur plotter supports eight plotter pens, and u want to use them for plotting, set the configuration file option use_8_plotter_pens to yes...
ucan also use a plotter configuration file (filename.pcf)

hope this helps
regards,
Shady.

 

[dr_gallup]

!Pro/E geometry lines are white on the screen, plot with broad pen #2 (0.50mm)
!
pen 2 thickness .05 cm; drawing_color attention_color
!
!Everything else plots with fine pen #1 (0.25mm), if a pen is MISSING the HP DM
!defaults to pen #1!!!
!
pen 1 thickness .025 cm; half_tone_color
pen 3 thickness .025 cm; dimmed_color
pen 4 thickness .025 cm; edge_highlite_color
pen 5 thickness .025 cm; letter_color
pen 6 thickness .025 cm; highlite_color
pen 7 thickness .025 cm; magenta_color
pen 8 thickness .025 cm; section_color

 

[pkeenan]

Thanks Guys...


I finally got a good plot with the desired line weightswith a large format HP plotterusing the following results.
! white entities (object lines)
pen 1 thickness .02 in; drawing_color; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />
! yellow entities (text, dimensions, cross hatching)
pen 2 thickness .016 in; letter_color; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;

! grey entities (hidden lines)
pen 3 pattern 0.05 0.05 in; thickness .016 in; half_tone_color; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;

! red entities (can use for drawing border if you change the entity color
! to red in the format file)
pen 4 thickness .030 in; highlite_color; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;

! green entities (sheetmetal)
pen 5 thickness .020 in; attention_color; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;

! cyan entities (section lines)
pen 6 thickness .016 in; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;

! grey entities (dimmed menu lines)
pen 7 thickness .010 in; dimmed_color; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;

! blue entities (edge high lines)
pen 8 thickness .020 in; edge_highlite_color; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;



Best reguards,


Patrick