{"id":910,"date":"2009-08-24T19:10:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T03:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=910"},"modified":"2009-08-24T21:37:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T05:37:28","slug":"cad-standards-ctb-vs-stb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2009\/08\/cad-standards-ctb-vs-stb\/","title":{"rendered":"CAD Standards &#8211; CTB vs STB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you use STB or CTB?\u00a0 CTB has been around since day one of AutoCAD.\u00a0 Most users may not even know that they use it &#8211; but they do.\u00a0 STB is newer but has been around for a while.\u00a0 But it has not taken over the AutoCAD world by storm.<\/p>\n<p>If you are trying to choose which one to use there are some good things and bad things about each.\u00a0 Here are a few&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CTB Advantages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most  legacy drawings use CTB<\/li>\n<li>You are most likely have already got this down pat.<\/li>\n<li>It is used by most CAD users<\/li>\n<li>Most CAD users &#8220;eyes&#8221; can quickly define thickness by color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STB Advantages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> STB has a shorter list of options when picking pen weights.  Users will not have to guess or refer to a chart to see what color number to use.<\/li>\n<li> When using STB you don\u2019t have to remember what color equals what weight.<\/li>\n<li> Ability to plot layers that use the same colors with different line weights, screening values, colors etc.<\/li>\n<li> Since you really only use about 5 or 6 different line weights and a couple of screening values, you won\u2019t have to manage 255 color settings of a CTB file<\/li>\n<li> SketchUp and Revit do not use pen weights. You would be moving toward simplification of plotting options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Neutral Issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> You can swap either CTB or STB easily to create a different plot look.<\/li>\n<li>E-transmit sends all of the stuff needed. When you send out the border and sheets the plot table goes along.<\/li>\n<li> Exchanging PDF files for updates so CTB or STB does not matter.<\/li>\n<li> Exchanging files can be done with DWF Underlay or PDF \u2013 no adjustments needed on pen weights.<\/li>\n<li> Autodesk is not pushing one way or another.\u00a0 Development on both is more or less stagnant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STB Negatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>STB Plot style name may not be easily understoodOthers may not understand them outside your firm.<\/li>\n<li> The conversion of existing data to STB will take time<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li> STB not as widely adopted in general.<\/li>\n<li> Getting everyone up to speed on using STB files may take time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CTB Negatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 255 colors promised but not all can be used since some cannot be used.<\/li>\n<li>You have to manage all 255 colors<\/li>\n<li>users can pick all over the map from the 255 colors\/weights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you use STB or CTB?\u00a0 CTB has been around since day one of AutoCAD.\u00a0 Most users may not even know that they use it &#8211; but they do.\u00a0 STB is newer but has been around for a while.\u00a0 But it has not taken over the AutoCAD world by storm. 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