Most of you will know that if you print an A1 drawing at a scale of 1:2, it fits perfectly on an A3 sheet, but with double the scale. The A3 PrintStyle is for A4, A3 and A2 size drawings. The A0 PrintStyle is for drawing sizes A1 and A0. As you can see below, I have Kipstar A0 and Kipstar A3 PrintStyles. Click on the button and you see the Additional Print Options Dialogue box appear. Then, on the bottom left you’ll see Additional Options. So, how do you create a PrintStyle? Well, first off, open up the Print Dialogue in DraftSight. Costs, it’s cheaper to produce B&W drawings! Again, you may be wondering just why are the drawings in B&W, why not colour? Well that one is quite simple actually. So, whilst the architectural and furniture layouts are important, it’s more important for their Lighting Layout to stand out. My clients want their equipment to standout on their drawings. But if I then print that drawing using the Kipstar A0 PrintStyle above, you can clearly see the difference. In the image below, you can see how the drawing looks in DraftSight.Īll the lines, although different colours, appear to be the same width. You might be wondering why, well it’s simple actually, that PrintStyle is for an A0 size Mono Laser Printer. You’ll notice that while the LineWeight changes depending on the colour of the entity, the LineColor stays at Black. You can see in the animation below, each colour has a different LineWeight assigned to it. Put simply, a PrintStyle controls how an entity in DraftSight is printed. Today I’ll try to explain simply what they are and why you might consider using them. PrintStyles… You may have heard of them, but for a lot of users they are a dark art.
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