Pens Assignments

The following table contains my "MBA-256" pen assignments. It is based on the pen assignments developed for Gabor+Popper Architects by Joanne Lang and Roma Romanyuk, and follows the logic they used back in the days of 16 color CAD, namely that the brighter a color appears the heavier its assigned line-weight. The original 16 colors and their assignments remain, but the logic is extended to #249 on the Windows palette, since I use many more layers in a single file. I've chosen to take advantage of screening capabilities, and assigned them to the last six (gray) colors.

Colors 1-19 Colors 20-249 Colors 250-255
Color Pen Name Lineweight Color ends in Pen Name Lineweight Color Screening Lineweight
# (mm.) # (mm.) # % (mm.)
0 xbold 0.600 250 30% 0.150
1 bold 0.400 1 bold 0.400 251 40% 0.150
2 med 0.250 2 med 0.250 252 50% 0.150
3 xbold 0.600 3 fine 0.150 253 60% 0.150
4 med 0.250 4 fine 0.150 254 70% 0.150
5 fine 0.150 5 fine 0.150 255 80% 0.150
6 fine 0.150 6 xfine 0.100
7 fine 0.150 7 xfine 0.100
8 bold 0.400 8 xfine 0.100
9 fine 0.150 9 xfine 0.100
10 xfine 0.100
11 xbold 0.600
12 xbold 0.600
13 bold 0.400
14 med 0.250
15 xfine 0.100
16 fine 0.150
17 fine 0.150
18 fine 0.150
19 fine 0.150