.STB vs .CTB
I see the benefits of .STB methods of plotting-- more control of grayscale, colors or lineweights. However, .CTB method is simple and good enough for most of my work.My problem is when opening a drawing from an ariel survey company, it seems to establish my print options to .STB styles only. I cannot seem to gain access to the .CTB files. I notice that when youy use the wizard to create a new drawing, it wants to assign the print file method at the outset. My question is -- Is there a way to change the print method "on the fly"? Is there a config setting or system var that I can toggle?Please, anyone let me know if you can help.Any help would be appreciated
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No, you cannot change the plot style policy on the fly or toggle it from CTB to STB or vice versa.The type of plot style used in a drawing is assigned when the drawing is created. If you need to change the plot style policy you must convert the drawing using the CONVERTPSTYLES command. See online help "Converting a drawing from .STB to .CTB file type"The system variable envolved is PSTYLEMODE which holds the type of plot style used by the drawing
0= use STB, 1 = use CTB.). However, this system variable is read only so you cannot use PSTYLEMODE to toggle from on mode to another.0 -
Thank you much.I didn't see it in the help file.
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Type covertpstyles at the command prompt and it will convert the drawing to a ctb style drawing.
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I feel that there is something missing in the CBT-file and that is plot scale.Why isnt that included. Especially batchplotting would benefit from this.No info from the Scale/View page is included.Now you always have to doublecheck.Its almost a step backwards.Patrik
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