Topic: Right click Layout tab and make new layout from tmplt/dwg in 2008 C3D Errors

[doggarncity]

Hi all
   I have without sucess been trying to use the right click on a layout and use from template to generate
a preconfigured layout sht. Anybody got it to work yet?

I also have it coded for 2006 and it worked great, now I am working with 2008 and no money.

Below you call the dwt with a layout for whatever the name is and Boom it inserted it in my dwg.

My old programming for it was simple.
                                                      this is the dwt it calls up     this is the layout name
                                                                     V                                       V

Code: [Select]

(defun c:layout1 ()
  (command "._-layout" "t" "Coversheet-Index.dwt" "COVERSHEET-INDEX-VICINITY")
  (princ)
)

Any observations or comments welcome to tell me if I'm the only one with this problem.

Mike in Raleigh

[New Shooz]

Have you checked your Search Paths for C3D to ensure that the location of your template file(s) is/are included as part of the Search Paths ?

[mjfarrell]

do you have any named page setups in your template?

[doggarncity]

Have you checked your Search Paths for C3D to ensure that the location of your template file(s) is/are included as part of the Search Paths ?

I can find my dwg with layout name with no problem. When it processes it it loads and goes to fatal error and it is all over
and I have to start from scratch.

My example for programming works just the same as doing it manually, it just goes into fatal error. I
would like to know if anybody has got it to work for yourself.

Thanks
Mike

[doggarncity]

do you have any named page setups in your template?

The example I gave is a real template. This worked fine in 2005 and 2006, but can't get it to go without
error can you get it to work in 2008/2009 C3D?

Mike

[mjfarrell]

can you import that alyout tab using design center without error?

have you run a recover or audit on your template file?

opened and saved it normally to a new file name?

[doggarncity]

can you import that alyout tab using design center without error?

have you run a recover or audit on your template file?

opened and saved it normally to a new file name?

I have done a clean sweep with recover purge audit on dwt in question and it is fine.

the design center does work

, but found this oddity with the above mentioned and it crashes every time
and wanted to know if other fine people get the same results.

Thanks for reminding me about the design center, but I wanted to automate this
for my other fellow workers so they can do something without thinking to much... LOL
the file does open and save normally just fine to answer you.

[mjfarrell]

my thought is to perhaps to open and save the file with a new name (verify the layout tab configuration)
and then attempt to import from template, yes I have done this successfully with 2009.

and or recreate the template and layout tabs, and try with the newly minted one, and report your results.

[Matt__W]

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Hey, Michael!  What's the status on the DVD?  When is the release party??

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[mjfarrell]

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Hey, Michael!  What's the status on the DVD?  When is the release party??

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stand back from the cockpit door.....you thread jacker


the 'release' may be in the form of a website...to ease distribution issues, and allow a more immediate delivery of the media....


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[doggarncity]

my thought is to perhaps to open and save the file with a new name (verify the layout tab configuration)
and then attempt to import from template, yes I have done this successfully with 2009.

and or recreate the template and layout tabs, and try with the newly minted one, and report your results.

Thanks Michael I'll give it a try. We have a pretty restrictive environment with the city I work for... probably a
issue there as well. I'll report when I can, and all thanks for the input.

Mike in Raleigh

[Matt__W]

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<<Throws thread jacker a parachute>> and tosses him from the thread...

I gave you a warning!   



Ummm... carry on!!

[Cathy]

I seem to remember having a problem with this.  I was getting a fatal error message about acad.exe has changed its name to a.exe.  Is that the error you are getting?  And I vaguely recall that I finally solved it by some combination of auditing, purging (and it may have been purging registered apps from the command line) , recovering. 

[doggarncity]

I seem to remember having a problem with this.  I was getting a fatal error message about acad.exe has changed its name to a.exe.  Is that the error you are getting?  And I vaguely recall that I finally solved it by some combination of auditing, purging (and it may have been purging registered apps from the command line) , recovering. 

Low and Behold wise one, the (-purge) regapp did the trick for me. All hail the wisest one here today LOL, but many
Thanks for real!!

Mike