narendra Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Hi all, I am using Auto Cad 2013, while printing/plotting I am always setting printer name its properties and plot style, but I am working for different projects so it is not possible to always choose "previous plot". For different projects I have to choose different settings, plot styles......etc. Is there any alternative to Save various plotter/printer settings and to be choosed when we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Under plotting you can save plot settings top left. I suggest do this in your DWT set it all up apply to layout then Cancel it will remember the settings. Also same thing top left IMPORT pull settings from another dwg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narendra Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Thank you bigal, I understand that first I need apply settings to the template file then I have to cancel, but I don't know the location of template file even I don't know which template file is been linked with this dwg.....Could u please tell how to apply changes to template file and where it is located.....really I don't have Idea regarding template file, lisp files. etc...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Options > Files > Template Settings > Drawing Template File Location. The path will be listed there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narendra Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Thank you remark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narendra Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Thank you bigal and remark for your comments, I have saved settings in dwt file, but here I noticed one more thing, template file is located in my local system and I am working on various drawings of other projects they have different printer setting once I apply changes to templates that means it will shows only for which I saved for particular printer......in this way It remember only one setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) You want to look into page set-ups and the page set-up manager. I have several standard ones that can be imported into any file. Once there, they are available from the page set-up drop down menu and can be applied to layouts permanently so that a particular one is set for the next time the drawing is opened. Edited July 18, 2014 by RobDraw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Explore the -PLOT command (note the leading hyphen) You can write a script fairly easy to set the page setup parameters. ;example -plot _Yes (getvar"ctab") myprinter.pc3 34x22 inches landscape _No Layout 1:1 0.0,0.0 _Yes color.ctb _Yes _No _Yes _No _No _Yes _No Another alternative is to import a page setup from the template drawing (Page Setup Manager > Import button) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 A bit more for when you do NEW Options > Files > Template Settings > Default Template name for QNEW Put your DWT on server and change the config to the correct file location. Existing dwg like I said before use Import from your dwt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narendra Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks to all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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