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Description
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Returns/sets the rendering modes on color/b&w printers.
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Syntax
Visual Basic
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[form.]DXFReader.PlotRendering[ = PlotRenderingEnum]
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Visual C++
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long DXFReader.GetPlotRendering();
void DXFReader.SetPlotRendering(long nNewValue);
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Delphi
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property PlotRendering: TOleEnum (PlotRenderingEnum);
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C#
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Remarks
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Valid settings for the PlotRendering property are:
| 0 | drGray Scale | Plot output in gray scale. Every color is trasformed in its corresponding gray value | | 1 | drMonochrome | Plot output in monochrome (always black and white) | | 2 | drColor | Plot output in color | | 3 | drPen Assignments | Plot output based on pen assignments |
When the PlotRendering property is set to drPen Assignments you can set the plot pen linetype and width associated with each ACI color, an integer number from 1 to 255 corresponding to the AutoCAD Color Index.
In order to allow to print with different line types or widths, you have to create a txt file and assign its name and path to the PenAssignmentsFileName hidden property.
The structure of this file must be the following:- Chars from 1 to 3: the ACI color to which you are assigning a width or a linetype.
- Chars 5: The linetype code. The linetypes available are usually the following:
0 | Solid Line | | 1 | Dash | ------- | 2 | Dot | ....... | 3 | DashDot | _._._._ | 4 | DashDotDot | _.._.._ |
- Chars from 7 to 11: the line width in twips.
A sample PenAssignments file:
001 0 00005
002 0 00003
003 2 00000
004 3 00000
055 4 00000
Note that the width is meaningful only for solid lines.
The following code will plot the drawing with pen assignments specified by the pens.txt file:
With DXFReader1
.PlotRendering = [drPen Assignments]
.PenAssignmentsFileName = App.Path + "\pens.txt"
.Plot
End With
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Data Type
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PlotRenderingEnum (Enumeration)
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Default Value
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drGray Scale (0)
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