Lineweights in Layers Don't show up 1

[aaherri]

Hello group. I do architectural drafting only several times a year using release 2006, last drawing was in september 06'. When I set my lineweights in my layers like at .30 mm these lines don't show up any different from the default line weights. I've crawled and searched this site but havent' found the answer. Hopefully it's easy. I'm usually at a 1/4" scale on arch d paper if that's needed.
Thanks guys and gals.

Adam

 

[dimjim]

We controlled line weight by color, then assigned line weight for each color.

 

[vlh75]

There are few steps to consider in order to get the proper lineweight set in drawing plotted correctly.
First you must consider which plot style to use, namely, color (.CTB) or named plot style (.STB).
In color plot style, AutoCAD will translate each color to a lineweight as set in the color plot style table (.CTB).
If the drawing use color plot style, just assign the layer to a color, say Red (could be any color), and then edit the Red color in the .CTB table and set it to 0.30mm. Downside of this method is that everything that is Red in your drawing will be plotted in 0.30mm. Alternatively you can set the Red in the .CTB table lineweight to "Use Object Entities". This way the AutoCAD will use the lineweight assigned to the layer itself - which is 0.30mm as you have set in drawing.
Color plot style is simple to use but will limit you when it came to assigning color to each layer or object. If say you already set Red as 0.30mm then you can not use Red for other object/layers that are intended to be plotted in other lineweight.
In named plot style (.STB), you create a named style rather than setting color to represent what will be plotted. This method will give you "freedom" in assigning color to objects and layers. Say you create a new style named Medium and set its lineweight to 0.30mm. In layer manager, assign all layers that is intended to plot in 0.30mm to Medium style. In this method, the layer will always be plotted in 0.30mm regardless of its color assignment.
Last advice - To really understand AutoCAD plotting system is not something that can be done overnight. Hope you take some times to play around with it.

 

[borgunit]

A few things control lineweight display. On the STATUS bar at the bottom, you can toggle the LWT button to display lineweights. The variable LWDISPLAY can be typed in as well as LWEIGHT which lets you control each setting. I hope this is what you are looking for.

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers

 

[IFRs]

Another place to look is in the Options dialog under the User Preferences tab, then click the Lineweight Settings and be sure to click the Display Lineweight box. I think you can also get to this dialog using the LWeight command. I believe that the system variables and toggles are LWDefault, LWDisplay, LWUnits.

 

[dik]

Check the link...

http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/AutoCAD_tips_plotstyle_colordependent.html