Topic: batch plot to adobe distiller

[danny]

maybe more of an adobe distiller question but...
I have ACAD files named after their sheet # (example: A-101.1, A-101.2, A-102.1, A-102.2, A-102.3, etc),  I did a batch plot to Adobe distiller, but Adobe doesn't catch anything in the file name after the .  So my A-101.1 gets named A-101.pdf and when the batch utility gets to A-101.2 it will save the file over the existing A-101.pdf.  I know their are settings to manually name the files, but that will take to long (150 sheets).

[M-dub]

So, your acad files are A-101.1.dwg?

[danny]

yes, they have a decimal in the file name.

[M-dub]

That ...well, That's your problem...
How many files are there?  Could you rename them with hyphens in place of the decimal?  You could use RenameMan to rename them if there are too many to do manually.  If you're set on using filenames with decimals in them, you can always change them back right after creating your pdf's.

Just a suggestion...

[danny]

yeah its my fault for the decimal.  Only if Acrobat was a little smarter.
Renameman. Umm is it possible to do lisp that will do a save as and replace the (.) with a (-)

[danny]

basically something that can do this

Code: [Select]

Enter new value for FILEDIA <1>: 0

Command: saveas

Current file format: AutoCAD 2000 Drawing
Enter file format [R13(LT95)/R14(LT98/LT97)/2000/DXF/Template] <2000>:
Save drawing as <M:\Residential\Mahana Towers\CD\A-102.3.dwg>:
M:Residential\Mahana Towers\CD\A-102-3.dwg

[M-dub]

You could do it with a script, but I'm tellin' ya, RenameMan would be the quickest and easiest way to do it.  Trust me!  I'm actually working on this right now...
I had to create about 4000 pdf's from our Instrument Loop Drawings, then rename all of the files to fit a certain naming scheme.  I did 90% of the renaming with RenameMan, but for one of the problems I encountered, Mark helped me out with GREN.  Have a look over here -> http://theswamp.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3089