TheSwamp
Code Red => AutoLISP (Vanilla / Visual) => Topic started by: GDF on February 25, 2006, 07:34:13 PM
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ObjectDBX Plotting. So why can't this be done? If not I wish Autodesk had a way to do it.
Gary
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Any particular reason why you want to use DBX for Plotting Gary ?
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Gary,
What I was told from someone (I think it was on the AUGI Lisp Guild) a while back was the only way to use ObjectDBX to plot is to have a Liscenced version of ObjectDBX, not what we use it our Acad versions.
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Just looking for a faster way to plot. We are using Acroplot for plotting and it runs from a script. Sets sdi to 1 a it is slooooooow.
From what I have seen from playing with objectdbx, its faaaaaaaaaaast.
Gary
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Not sure if this will help you speed things up but there was a feature of PlotTabs where you can call it without the dialog box.
http://www.theswamp.org/forum/index.php?topic=1916.msg37939#msg37939
There were many changes to the routine and this feature may not be up to date with all the options.
i have not tested after the many updates to the routine as no one seemed to use that feature.
It's intent was to be able to call PlotTabs from a script or other lisp routine.
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Allen
Thanks for the heads up. I will check into it.
I am just supprised that AutoCAD does not have a builtin objectdbx plotting.
I want to plot fast, without the need to open up each drawing. We only use
one layout per drawing.
Gary
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Isn't 'background plotting' using objectdbx?
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Gary,
Have you tried using the publish command? Ya know..."just set it and forget it"... :-)
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I'm going to have to get back to you on the publish command. I think we always want the output to be in a pdf file.
No one here in our office has used publish.
Gary
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Gary,
If you have a PDF driver installed you can then make you a .pc3 file for AutoCad to use and therefore you can publish to it.
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Thanks
I will look into this. I am not the plotting guy in our office. I will get him to test out all of the tips.
Gary