Changing Lineweight in different viewports 1

[pracslipkerm]

Does anyone know if it is possible to plot a layer as 2 different lineweights in seperate viewports (eg. Layer A plots lineweight 0.25 in view 1 & plots lineweight 1 in view 2)???
Or do I need to do something else??? Can you use different lineweights for an xref?
Thanks in Advance

Cheers
Steve Griffiths

If you want to make apple pie from scratch, first you must create the universe!

 

[aepaul]

Steve,

I don't know of any way to have different layer properties for the same layer in separate viewports. In the past, I have created separate layers when I wanted a different visual effect in different viewports.

You can change the layer properties of a drawing that you are inserting as an xref without affecting the properties of that layer in the original drawing, but it will still display the same way in each of the viewports that you have created in a given drawing.

Adam
Cramer Northwest, Inc
Kent, WA

 

[francesca]

Double click inside the viewport. Activate the Layer Properties Manager. Scroll across to the right. You can set different properties for the layer in that viewport. Alternately, you can use a modified .ctb file for that layout.

 

[pracslipkerm]

Thanks Guys,
I ended up doing a test using an xref and changing the layer properties in the child drawing. This gave me different lineweight without modifying the parent file.
Viewport layer manager changed the model space details so I couldn't get the 2 different lineweights.
Once again thanks guys for the helpful replies!
Probably should have stated this is in AutoCAD 2006 LT

Cheers
Steve Griffiths

If you want to make apple pie from scratch, first you must create the universe!