Topic: Plot stamp with filename only

[Bob Wahr]

I don't use plot stamps very often, but have the need right now.  Is it possible to use the filename only, without the path in a plotstamp?

[M-dub]

I don't know... that has always bugged me too...  It says Drawing Name.  Path should be an additional option!

A suggestion might be to throw a piece of RTEXT wherever you want it with this in it... ( It's not a great suggestion, but ... )


$(getvar, "dwgname")

[Bob Wahr]

Not my most favorite option.  I've got several thousand drawings that would need it inserted before plotting.  Might have to though.

[Bob Wahr]

FWIW, neither Rtext, nor fields can be inserted as a custom field in the plot stamp.

[M-dub]

What about a macro to insert it at user-specified point, then start the plot command or do the whole plot right in the macro?  Could even erase it after the plot is done if you wanted to

/my2¢

[Bob Wahr]

Think I'm going to be stuck doing it this way which sucks.  If I can use publish on them, I can print them all to a single PDF, 4 to a sheet.  If I do them separately, I have to combine them later.  No biggie, just an annoyance.

[craigr]

Doesn't Revdate show the same info - Filename, date, user?

Is LT the only version to have Revdate?

- Though I've read other discussions mentioning it, I've never used Plotstamp and don't even know if LT has it.

craigr

[Bob Wahr]

I've got a couple thousand details that need to be printed.  I'm trying to avoid doing any sort of modification to them before plotting, to streamline the process.  Plot stamp would do what I need if it would do what I need.  Unfortunately...

[M-dub]

Forgive me for not re-reading the thread, but is there anything in your print driver that might cover this?

[Matt__W]

Do any of these files have a title block xref'd in?  Please say yes.  If so, just dump a field in the title block, plot, and remove when you're done.

[Bob Wahr]

Forgive me for not re-reading the thread, but is there anything in your print driver that might cover this?

If there were, I prolly wouldn't have begun the thread.

Do any of these files have a title block xref'd in?  Please say yes.  If so, just dump a field in the title block, plot, and remove when you're done.

Nope.

[Bob Wahr]

It's not a big deal, just a minor annoyance.

[M-dub]

Forgive me for not re-reading the thread, but is there anything in your print driver that might cover this?

If there were, I prolly wouldn't have begun the thread.

Never know... even the likes of you are susceptible to the occasional case of methane brain.

[jnieman]

How about writing a quick script to xref in that field that matt suggested on the files needed?