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April 6, 2017
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Creo 4.0 Plot colors

  • April 6, 2017
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We have made the jump from creo 3.0 to creo 4.0, when we are plotting our detailed drawings they have gone back to printing the dimensions in yellow, we are looking for them to print in black. Does anyone know where the config for this is?

Best answer by TomU

Are you including the file extension in the config option?  (Extension type doesn't matter but it must be included.)

pen_table_file H:\Library\Plot\pen_table.txt

 

Here's my pen table file.  Looks like maybe you need semicolons and the word "color" in your file.

! This Pen Table will print everything in black and white except
! user defined colors.
pen 1 thickness .003 in;
pen 2 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0;
pen 3 thickness .003 in; color 0.2 0.2 0.2;
pen 4 thickness .012 in; color 0 0 0;
pen 5 thickness .006 in; color 0 0 0; drawing_color;
pen 6 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; quilt_color; magenta_color; attention_color; curve_color;
pen 7 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; datum_color; 
pen 8 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; dimmed_color; section_color;

 

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
April 6, 2017

Hi,

solution = using pen table file. Look into Creo Help for inspiration. Look into your config.pro file for pen_table_file option.

MH

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
November 15, 2018

Any tricks to using a pen table file.

I have the pen_table_file in config.pro pointing to a valid location of table.pnt.

I have defined the following lines in it:

pen 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 letter_color
pen 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 geometry_color

But the plot preview in Creo 4 still shows the lettering in yellow, not black.

 

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TomU23-Emerald IVAnswer
23-Emerald IV
November 15, 2018

Are you including the file extension in the config option?  (Extension type doesn't matter but it must be included.)

pen_table_file H:\Library\Plot\pen_table.txt

 

Here's my pen table file.  Looks like maybe you need semicolons and the word "color" in your file.

! This Pen Table will print everything in black and white except
! user defined colors.
pen 1 thickness .003 in;
pen 2 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0;
pen 3 thickness .003 in; color 0.2 0.2 0.2;
pen 4 thickness .012 in; color 0 0 0;
pen 5 thickness .006 in; color 0 0 0; drawing_color;
pen 6 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; quilt_color; magenta_color; attention_color; curve_color;
pen 7 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; datum_color; 
pen 8 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; dimmed_color; section_color;

 

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