Appendix B: Color-Pen Table

APPENDIX

This appendix provides an entity color-pen matching table.

Some CAD systems match entity color to pen number. The United States Coast Guard Civil Engineering Technology Center assigns the following 255 combinations of pen widths and colors to MicroStation and AutoCAD drawings.

RESOURCE

The United States Coast Guard Civil Engineering Technology Center has its Web site at www.uscg.mil/mlclant/cetc/index.htm

Color Number	Pen Plotter mm	Laser in.	Plot Color	MicroStation	AutoCAD Color No.
Color No.	Linewt.
1	0.18	0.007	Black	3	0	1
2	0.25	0.010	Black	4	1	2
3	0.35	0.014	Black	2	2	3
4	0.35	0.014	Black	7	2	4
5	0.50	0.020	Black	1	3	5
6	1.00	0.039	Black	5	7	6
7	1.40	0.055	Black	0	10	7
8	0.35	0.014	Halftone	9	2	8
9	2.00	0.079	Black	14	15	9
10	0.18	0.007	Black	10	0	10
11	0.25	0.010	Black	19	1	11
12	0.35	0.014	Black	27	2	12
13	0.50	0.020	Black	35	3	13
14	0.70	0.028	Black	43	5	14
15	1.00	0.039	Black	51	7	15
16	1.40	0.055	Black	59	10	16
17	0.70	0.028	Halftone	67	5	17
18	0.35	0.014	Halftone	75	2	18
19	2.00	0.079	Black	83	15	19
20	0.18	0.007	Rust	6	0	20
21	0.25	0.010	Rust	30	1	21
22	0.35	0.014	Rust	22	2	22
23	0.50	0.020	Rust	46	3	23
24	0.70	0.028	Rust	38	5	24
25	1.00	0.039	Rust	62	7	25
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