Halftone/Underlay
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Manage > [Settings] > Additional Settings > Halftone / Underlay
See also Colors.
RECOMMENDED: Uncheck "Apply halftone" for "Underlay" (BEST - simplest for training) OR never check both "Underlay" and "Halftone" (for Revit links, etc. - requires training). [TODO: verify if plan underlays take this setting, which may be a reason to check or uncheck "Apply halftone" (depending on desired graphics)]
TODO: test Revit colors in PDF
| Transfer Project Standards |
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| Halftone and Underlay Settings |
| [checkbox & brightness; didn't test others] |
OOTB[1]
| Underlay | Halftone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight[2] | Pattern[3] | Apply halftone | Brightness[4] |
| <No Override> | <No Override> | [x] | 50 |
KAI
| Underlay | Halftone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight[2] | Pattern[3] | Apply halftone | Brightness[4] |
| <No Override> | <No Override> | [ ] | 58 |
2019-08-26: R2016.0116., R2017.0071., R2018.0058.
Use to set color of Object Styles > Model Objects > Detail Items > Halftone Cutmarks (was 204, now 142)
KAI (old)[5]
| Underlay | Halftone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight[2] | Pattern[3] | Apply halftone | Brightness[4] |
| <No Override> | <No Override> | [x] | 65 |
Effective Colors
| Revit Settings | Resulting Color[6] | Comments | |||||||
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| Underlay | Halftone | RGB | Luminance | ||||||
| Apply halftone | Brightness[4] | 100- % | Value | % of 255 | 100- % | Value | % of 240 | 100- % | |
| [ ] | 0 <Light> | 100% |  White [255]
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100% | 0% | 240 | 100% | 0% | <White> |
| 220-220-220 | 86.3% | 207 | 86.3% | ACAD Color 9 (light gray) in pen settings / "Plot Style Table Editor" dialog | |||||
 RGB 219-219-219
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85.9% | 206 | 85.8% | ACAD Color 9 (light gray) in PDF (from JT) (pen #253?) | |||||
| [x] | 50 | 50% * |  RGB 204-204-204
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80.0% | 192 | 80.0% | OOTB, R2011 KAI[5] (old Halftone Cutmarks), USACE_Revit2016_Template_BETA_METRIC_v0.03.rte | ||
 RGB 192-192-192
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75.3% | 24.7% | 181 | 75.4% | 24.6% | light gray in color picker | |||
| 190-190-190 | 74.5% | 179 | 74.6% | ACAD Color 9 (light gray) in preview (pen #253?) | |||||
| [ ] | 50 | 50% |  RGB 170-170-170
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66.7% | 160 | 66.7% | |||
| [ ] | 54 | 46% | 156-156-156 | 61.2% | 147 | 61.3% | |||
 RGB 154-154-154
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60.4% | 145 | 60.4% | ACAD Color 251 in PDF (from JT) | |||||
| [ ] | 55 | 45% |  RGB 153-153-153
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60.0% | 144 | 60.0% | ACAD Color 251 ("2000_PCP.ctb") in PDF (why different than preview?) | ||
| [x] | 65 | 35% * |  RGB 142-142-142
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55.7% | 44.3% | 134 | 55.8% | 44.2% | R2013 & R2015 KAI; current>old? R2016-2018KAI[5] |
| [ ] | 58 | 42% | new KAI (to match combined) | ||||||
| 139-139-139 | 54.5% | 131 | 54.6% | ACAD Color 251 ("2000halfsize_PCP.ctb") in PDF (why different than preview?) | |||||
| [ ] | 60 | 40% | 136-136-136 | 53.3% | 128 | 53.3% | |||
 RGB 134-134-134
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52.5% | 126 | 52.5% | ACAD Color 8 (dark gray) in PDF (from JT) and preview (95% of 128-128-128=240-0.95*(240-120)=126) | |||||
| [ ] | 61 | 39% |  RGB 132-132-132
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51.8% | 124 | 51.7% | ACAD Color 251 ("2000_PCP.ctb") in preview (75% of 91-91-91=240-0.75*(240-86)=124.5) | ||
| [ ] | 62 | 38% | 129-129-129 | 50.6% | 49.4% | 121 | 50.4% | 49.6% | new KAI? (to more closely match ACAD's 128 for links) |
 RGB 128-128-128
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50.2% | 49.8% | 120 | 50% | 50% | dark gray in color picker; ACAD Color 8 (dark gray) in pen settings / "Plot Style Table Editor" dialog | |||
| [ ] | 63 | 37% | 125-125-125 | 49.0% | 51.0% | 118 | 49.2% | 50.8% | |
| [ ] | 65 | 35% | 119-119-119 | 46.7% | 112 | 46.7% | |||
| 118-118-118 | 46.3% | 111 | 46.3% | ACAD Color 251 (in pen settings / "Plot Style Table Editor" dialog) | |||||
| 116-116-116 | 45.5% | 109 | 45.4% | ACAD Color 251 ("2000halfsize_PCP.ctb") in preview (=85% of 91-91-91 Lum) | |||||
| [x] | 75 | 25% * | 102-102-102 | 40.0% | 60.0% | 96 | 40.0% | 60.0% | 2023-02-06: HWWTP? correction for grays getting lost in scans |
| 91-91-91 | 35.7% | 86 | 35.8% | ACAD Color 251 in "Kai CAD Manual" PDF and the Color Picker (ACAD's "Select Color" dialog) | |||||
| [ ] | 75 | 25% | 85-85-85 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 80 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 64-64-64 | 25.1% | 74.9% | 60 | 25.0% | 75% | 2023-02-06: HWWTP? correction for grays getting lost in scans [not the right equivalent color] | |||
| [ ] | 100 <Dark> | 0% |  Black [000]
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0% | 100% | 0 | 0% | 100% | <Black> |
NOTE: Object Styles > Model Objects > Detail Items > "Halftone Cutmarks" color should match "Resulting Color" above.
2019-06-13: from latest "2000halfsize_PCP.ctb" in AutoCAD 2013: ACAD Color 251, Use object color, Screening: 85
2019-06-13: from latest "2000_PCP.ctb" in AutoCAD 2013: ACAD Color 251, Use object color, Screening: 75
Notes
- ↑ 2018-01-16 OOTB: R2017.2 Structural Template
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Weight: "<No Override>" or 1 thru 16 (Line Weights).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pattern: "<No Override>", "Solid", or a Line Pattern.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Brightness: 0 (Light) thru 100 (Dark).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 KAI R2015 .0359. (2017-09-28) and R2013 .0349. (2016-06-17): Underlay [x] Apply halftone & Brightness: 65; R2011 .0044. (2013-10-09): Brightness: 50
- ↑ determined with screenshots of 2018.3 using Paint (Hue: 160; Sat: 0); some newer values with 2022.1.2 (75 halftone w/ & w/o checkbox)