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    Default Layer standards vs Color Standards

    I recently switched companies. The new company that I came to uses only the first 12 colors of the ctb file. At my old company we used tons of the colors 1-255. Since I have been here I asked if I could create a new color chart that included more colors. I did not change any of the line weights that were already used but I just added a bunch. They originally agreed to it but I guess they never fully understood what I was doing since they had never seen anything like it. My question is how many people out there only use a few colors out of the 1-255 color chart for a ctb? How many use a lot? And how many people actually set the color with the layer and never are allowed to change the color because that is the standard? My take was as long as the layer is a company layer, what difference does it make it blue or red as long as it plots out at 0.5 mm? To me if you are using a ctb file you should know line weights not just colors.

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    Default Re: Layer standards vs Color Standards

    Quote Originally Posted by bragone View Post
    I recently switched companies. The new company that I came to uses only the first 12 colors of the ctb file. At my old company we used tons of the colors 1-255. Since I have been here I asked if I could create a new color chart that included more colors. I did not change any of the line weights that were already used but I just added a bunch. They originally agreed to it but I guess they never fully understood what I was doing since they had never seen anything like it. My question is how many people out there only use a few colors out of the 1-255 color chart for a ctb? How many use a lot? And how many people actually set the color with the layer and never are allowed to change the color because that is the standard? My take was as long as the layer is a company layer, what difference does it make it blue or red as long as it plots out at 0.5 mm? To me if you are using a ctb file you should know line weights not just colors.
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    Default Re: Layer standards vs Color Standards

    That is why we moved away from the CTB. It hampers the presentation too much. We now assign lineweights and plot styles to each layer and occasionally an object or two. We also use Named Plot Styles or the STB style of plotting.

    Unfortunately, not all programs understand or cater to the STB methodology.
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