Opens the Edit Pen Set dialog box, where you can edit the ePlot (optimized for plotting) plotter configuration (PC3) file pen set and patterns.
You must have 255 Virtual Pens selected in the Plotter Configuration Editor, Vector Graphics node, Color Depth area to use this option. When 255 Virtual Pens is selected, the settings in the plot style table associated with the drawing are ignored except the virtual pen number and plot style linetype. You can edit the settings for these virtual pens in the Edit Pen Set dialog box. These settings are then saved to the PC3 file that you are editing.
In the Edit Pen Set dialog box, you can make changes to the current pen set, which are saved to the PC3 file when you click OK. Selecting Defaults resets the pen set to the default settings. By selecting Import, you can import a pen set from a PEN file.
In the Edit Pen Set dialog box, you can change pen weights (width), patterns, shapes, and effects by right-clicking a field in the dialog box to display a menu of common settings. From the menu, you can copy settings to other pens or select Properties to display the Pen Properties dialog box.
Unchecked pens (indicated by a red strike-through line) in the Edit Pen Set dialog box will be ignored when you apply settings to the entire pen set.
Provides 107 predefined pen patterns. Pen patterns can be used to alter the appearance of the geometry of a drawing. Many of the patterns provide a grayscale equivalent of a color. These patterns are commonly used for area fills in drawings for different percentages of black. There are also miscellaneous patterns such as boxes, tiles, slants, and diamonds that can be used to provide different effects.
Sets the line width of the pen. Line widths are measured in pixels. These widths can also be represented in millimeters, centimeters, and inches. You set line widths in pixels (from 0 to 400). When you change the type of units, equivalent measurements in millimeters, centimeters, or inches for a 400 dpi printer are displayed.
Controls the appearance of the background pixels in a pattern. This effect works on monochrome, grayscale, and color plotters.
Applies scaling and width limitations to all pens in the pen set.
The effects of these settings are only visible when using viewing and plotting tools from Buzzsaw.
- Allow Drawing to Manipulate
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These settings are not supported for DWF files.
- Map Pen Colors to a Shaded Half-Tone
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Specifies that pen colors will be converted to the equivalent shades of gray.
- Use Alternate Fill Instead of Winding Fill for Polygons
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Specifies that an alternate fill will be used for polygons instead of a winding fill.
Use only if the fill pattern in a polygon does not appear to print correctly for a vector file. The modes differ only in cases where a complex, overlapping polygon must be filled (for example, a five-sided polygon that forms a five-pointed star with a pentagon in the center). In such cases, alternate mode fills every other enclosed region within the polygon (such as the points of the star). Winding mode fills all regions (such as the points and the pentagon).
- Use Error Diffusion for DWF Rasters
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Specifies that error diffusion will be used for DWF raster images.
To represent shades of gray in raster data, halftone diffusion is used by default. You may want to use error diffusion instead to improve the appearance of your image.