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The standard tool palette with doors en walls work magnificient (I use it for 2D drawing only at the moment).
It works almost a fast as drawing single line floorplans. NICE !

But the doors are drawn in yellow color.
The problem I have is that the yellow color isn't visible enough after printing.

When I change the color in the layer manager(both the color and the VP color), the door color doesn't change.
Typically I use one or more viewports in the layout tab en change the color in that viewport specifically.

Putting the doors in a separate layer and change the layer color didn't help either.
Save the drawing and use it as an XREF in another drawing, and than change the colors didn't help also.

Using this build: 11.1.435.145443.PE+.VC16.x64.CMS111

The only solution that I found so far, is to explode the door, but that is not the idea, because it may stay be required afterwards to change the door location.

Many thanks in advance.

Anybody who can help?

Have you tried creating a custom print pen table where you map Yellow to say Blue?

It sounds like you're having trouble changing the color of the doors in your AutoCAD drawings. Here are a few suggestions that might help:

1. Check Block Definitions: If the doors are blocks, their color might be set within the block definition. You can edit the block and change the color of the elements inside the block to "ByLayer" so that they inherit the color of the layer they are placed on.
2. Override Block Colors: If you don't want to edit the block definitions, you can use the SETBYLAYER command to change the properties of objects within blocks to "ByLayer".
3. Layer Overrides in Viewports: Ensure that the layer color overrides are correctly set in the viewport. Sometimes, changes in the layer manager might not reflect in the viewport if there are specific viewport overrides.
4. Plot Style Table (CTB/STB): Check your plot style table settings. If you are using a CTB or STB file, make sure that the color yellow is set to print in a more visible color or line weight.
5. Properties Palette: Select the door objects and check their properties in the Properties palette. Ensure that their color is set to "ByLayer" and not overridden by a specific color.
6. Explode as a Last Resort: While exploding the block is not ideal, it can be a temporary solution if you need to make immediate changes. However, try to avoid this if you anticipate needing to move or edit the doors frequently.