A DWG file can be either a 'Color Dependent' (CTB) or 'Named Plot Style' (STB) type, it can not be both at the same time.īelow is taken directly from the AutoCAD Online Help File. The most likely reason for such behaviour is the DWG file is currently set to the opposite Plot Style Table mode that you require. He's proficient in AutoCAD (including customization), VBA, LISP, and Civil 3D.Open the Plot or Page Setup dialog box, but only STB files are shown (or vice versa) or no Plot Style Tables listed within the 'Plot Style Table (pen assignments)' drop down box. Technical Support SpecialistAn AutoCAD Certified Professional, Ryan is responsible for taking client cases and assisting with issues with the software - everything from regular glitches to software deployments and whatever else goes wrong. That's all you have to do to get your Revit lineweights into AutoCAD ctb file. Once done, click Save & Close and run a plot preview to make sure you have all the wanted colors changed.

This will now finish creating the ctb file for the Revit DWG and set all the lineweights correctly, however it will still print in color (as the colors are not honored), so once back in the plot dialog, click the plotter icon next to the plot style:įrom here, simply click through the colors on the left (red) and change to black on the right (purple) On the last screen, you can simply click finish here. Since I opened a Plan, I will call mine Revit-Sample-Plan, then click Next In this box, we now browse to the DWGs and PCP files and select the appropriate PCP that related to your open DWG, and then click Next. This will launch the Add a Plot Style Wizard and on the first screen, select the Use PCP or PC2, and click Next We open one of the DWG's in AutoCAD and go to the plot dialog, and there we go to the Plot Style Table and click to select New.

Now we simply need to convert the pcp into something AutoCAD can use. So the lineweights for the Plans and Floor plans all use the plans.pcp file and the detail sheets all use the det.pcp. Now we go to the location we saved these DWGs to, and we see all the DWG's generated and the relative PCP files: You may get a few or many, it all depends on what you are exporting to AutoCAD DWG format, and what types of sheets they are.īelow goes through the process, and we will be using the Revit Sample Architecture Project as out Revit model.

These pcp files are, in fact, your Revit lineweights for plotting. When you Export a Revit model to DWG, you may notice that in addition to the DWG files (for each sheet), you also get.

How to get Revit Lineweights into AutoCAD, so your AutoCAD drawing plot the same as the Revit Model.

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