pmxcad Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Hello, I have to plot about 750 drawings with no plotter setup en some are made in modelspace and some in layout. So if i plot 1 drawing with manual plot settings and i use previous plot for the others. Yes i have to open al the drawings once. Beacause some drawings are only in modelspace but the drawing is opened in layout. I`am looking for a lisp that do a previous plot, saves and closes the drawing. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) No need for LISP... in the first drawing, add the page setups you require, then use the PUBLISH command to bring in your drawings, select all (Ctrl+A), then at the top, use the menu pull down to Import the desired Page Setup from the first drawing (usually at the top of the list in the drawing's directory). Note - I'd recommend against doing all 7050 of them at once. Edit: I'd fix the typo, but it's funny, and I just don't care that much. LoL Edited August 10, 2011 by BlackBox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 No need for LISP... in the first drawing, add the page setups you require, then use the PUBLISH command to bring in your drawings, select all (Ctrl+A), then at the top, use the menu pull down to Import the desired Page Setup from the first drawing (usually at the top of the list in the drawing's directory). Note - I'd recommend against doing all 7050 of them at once. Especially when there's only 750. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irneb Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 He He! About the DWG's in Model Space: Are they always to be plotted at the same scale and window position? If not the Publish idea might just not work well on those. Also note a Page Setup for Model Space is not the same as one setup for Paper Space - you can't import one into the other. I'd advise you (as RenderMan's tried to show ) to split your DWGs into groups of similar drawings. Then publish each group in one go. This would make for less hassles, you could go and adjust the Page Setup per one (or more) sheets in the Publish dialog - but IMO it's not too nice and could be a waste of time when crashes happen. Rule of thumb: don't go placing 100's of sheets in one Publish instruction, if something fails you might have to redo 100's again. Also turn off the Plot / Publish in background: Options dialog --> Plot and Publish tab --> Middle Left (Background processing options) --> uncheck both Plotting & Publishing. Having them on could cause unexpected results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmxcad Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thanks for the reply. I found a other way to do it. I got a X-Keys tablet and can programm key pressing macros. I made the following macro for this: pplotclose It works but have to do for all the drawings. Gone try to make a script of this macro. pmxcad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Especially when there's only 750. Stupid fat fingers typing on an iPhone! LoL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Stupid iPhone! LoL Fixed it for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I found a other way to do it. I got a X-Keys tablet and can programm key pressing macros. I made the following macro for this: pplotclose It works but have to do for all the drawings. Gone try to make a script of this macro. > :sigh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanjt Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 > :sigh: Here ya go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Fixed it for ya. ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) [ATTACH]29288[/ATTACH] Here ya go. Yep, that's it! It'd be nice if David could add a 'Face Palm', or 'Forehead Slap' (as you've shown here) to the list of smilies... Edit: ... And with that post, I am officially a 'Forum Deity' - Nothing if not ironic. lmao Edited August 10, 2011 by BlackBox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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