When creating plot files, by default, Creo Parametric uses a pen table file table.pnt in the working directory. If table.pnt is not found in the working directory, then Creo Parametric looks for the file in <creo_loadpoint>/<version>/common_files//text/table.pnt.

You can override this behavior by specifying the location of the pen table file in a plotter configuration file (.pcf) or in the config.pro file using the following syntax: pen_table_file<path/filename.pnt>.

When you specify a Creo Parametric entity for plotting, the system assigns it a pen based on the default system color corresponding to this entity type. When it plots entities, it uses the line width and line font associated with a particular color. For example, the system uses pen #1 to plot all entities that appear in Creo Parametric using the Geometry index (white by default) and have the same line width and thickness.

If your plotter supports eight plotter pens, and you want to use them for plotting, set the configuration file option use_8_plotter_pens to yes. The following table illustrates the default pen mapping that occurs. A plotter that supports four pens uses the first four pens listed in the table.