Printing drawing files with as-built data in gray

To print drawing files using a different color, you can define a superordinate pen, superordinate line, superordinate color as well as surface elements for a drawing file placed in a specific layout. You do not need to modify the drawing file itself.

This way, you can print drawing files with as-built data in gray or drawing files with new building data in red, for example, without having to use print sets. For drawing files with demolition data, you can not only change the color but also set the line type to 99 Demolition.

To print a drawing file using a different color

• You have assembled the layout; the Layout Editor is open.

1. Click List Layout Elements (How).
   

   Activate List Layout Elements in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Change Layout

   • Toolbar: Basic Tools Layout flyout
   • Palette: Tools Change area in the following module(s):

   Layout

2. Select the documents you want to list.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
   • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

   For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

   Note: If you have selected individual documents only, you can also show and hide the documents you have not selected using the Show all layout elements option. Note, however, that you cannot edit the documents you have not selected explicitly.
   Double-click with the right mouse button in the workspace to list all the documents of the current layout.

3. Select the check box in the Predefined color column and select the color you want to use.

   

4. Click OK to confirm the settings.

   The modified color is only used to print the layout element in the currently selected layout.