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Code Red => AutoLISP (Vanilla / Visual) => Topic started by: aHero on December 23, 2019, 10:27:46 PM

Title: use vla-PlotToFile to plot dwg to pdf with acWindow plottype, but pdf is offset
Post by: aHero on December 23, 2019, 10:27:46 PM

I use vla-PlotToFile to plot dwg to pdf with acWindow plottype, but pdf is offset. please help, thanks

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(defun c:myplot ( / )
  (vl-load-com)
  (setq adoc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
  (setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
  (setvar "BLIPMODE" 0)
  (setvar "OSMODE" 0)
  ;(setvar "LAYOUTREGENCTL" 1)

  (setq lyout (vla-get-activelayout adoc))
  (setq styleSheet "monochrome.ctb")
  (setq cfgName "AutoCAD PDF (High Quality Print).pc3")
  (vla-RefreshPlotDeviceInfo lyout)
  (vla-put-ConfigName lyout CfgName)
  (vla-put-PaperUnits lyout acMillimeters)
  (vla-put-plotrotation lyout ac0degrees)
  (vla-put-PlotType lyout acWindow)
  (vla-put-CanonicalMediaName lyout "ISO_full_bleed_A3_(420.00_x_297.00_mm)")
  (vla-put-PlotWithLineweights lyout :vlax-false)
  (vla-put-PlotWithPlotStyles lyout :vlax-true)
  (vla-put-StyleSheet lyout styleSheet)
  (vla-put-CenterPlot lyout :vlax-true)
  (vla-put-plotrotation lyout ac0degrees)
 
  (vla-put-activelayout adoc lyout)
 

 
  (setq ss (ssget "X" '((0 . "INSERT") (2 . "bztk") (67 . 0))))

  (setq i -1)
  (repeat (sslength ss)
    (setq i (1+ i))
    (setq tk_ent (ssname ss i))
    (vla-GetBoundingBox (vlax-ename->vla-object tk_ent) 'minpoint 'maxpoint)
    (setq pointTemp1 (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 1)))
    (vlax-safearray-put-element pointTemp1 0 (vlax-safearray-get-element  minpoint 0))
    (vlax-safearray-put-element pointTemp1 1 (vlax-safearray-get-element  minpoint 1))

    (setq pointTemp2 (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 1)))
    (vlax-safearray-put-element pointTemp2 0 (vlax-safearray-get-element maxpoint 0))
    (vlax-safearray-put-element pointTemp2 1 (vlax-safearray-get-element maxpoint 1))
    (vla-SetWindowToPlot lyout pointTemp1 pointTemp2)
    (vla-put-activelayout adoc lyout)
    (vla-PlotToFile (vla-get-Plot adoc) (strcat (getvar 'dwgprefix) "draw" (itoa i)))

  )

  (setvar "BLIPMODE" 0)
  (setvar "OSMODE" 231 )
  (setvar "CMDECHO" 1)
)

Title: Re: use vla-PlotToFile to plot dwg to pdf with acWindow plottype, but pdf is offset
Post by: tombu on December 24, 2019, 10:10:09 AM

Compare your normal printer's Paper Sizes and margins to that of the PDF. Your code may have to adjust for the differences.