Plotting to PDF with V11

Chad K Ferrett · Post by **Chad K Ferrett** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:27 pm

has anyone had problems with pdf plots not coming out in colour? my title block is in colour but everything inside the title border is black and white.

Tony Nguyen · Post by **Tony Nguyen** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:41 pm

Hi Chad,

What version of 12d are you using (11.0 C1???)

From what I know, no plotting on practice version.

Cheers

Tony

Owen Thornton · Post by **Owen Thornton** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:02 pm

Sounds like you may be plotting through one of the new plotter mapping files (*.pmf) shipped with V11. Which Plotter type are you specifying? And which colours (specifically the colour numbers) are you plotting? If the colour numbers you are using do not match the standard colours in $SET_UPS\colours.4d, then they won't be listed in any of the new PMFs, and the colour will then plot black by default.

Owen Thornton · Post by **Owen Thornton** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:14 pm

Note that the standard Plotter type "pdf_12d", will probably plot through pmf_colour.pmf (found in $SET_UPS if not found elsewhere first), as it is set as the value of environment variable PLOTTER_MAPPING_4D in the default $SET_UPS\env.4d shipped with 12d V11.

If you don't want to plot through a PMF, try the standard Plotter type "PDF unmapped".

Chad K Ferrett · Post by **Chad K Ferrett** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:34 pm

Thanks Guys, I needed to plot through pdf unmapped, its working now, Cheers