Page setup/printer query

Spoing · 发表于 2022-7-8 10:35:57

Okay, had a quick swish through the internet and the site, which has normally provided me with some answers previously, (thanks very much for that by the way!) didn't find an answer.

I use autocad both at home and at work, but I keep hitting an issue where I work at home and set my pages up etc, then bring files into the office to print.

My work computer has all the printers/plotters installed, and will then sometimes have a hissy fit/not print accurately because I haven't set the page up on a computer with those printers installed.

I've hit up our architect for a solution, he suggested making PDF's at home, but I'm often in a situation where I'm on site, and have to talk someone through a small edit to a drawing, (name or title change) for them to print it out. With a PDF this is more difficult, so I'd like to be able to have a properly set up autocad file and be able to just click "print" after they've finished mucking around.

What, if any, are my options? Is it a case of lugging computer/printers around until they are all installed on both computers, or can I just copy some files to my comp ?

Thanks.

ScribbleJ · 发表于 2022-7-8 11:08:18

You might consider creating DWF files and using Autodesk's Design Review. It is simple and intuitive to use and it is free software so if others need to review the drawings they simply need to download it from the Autodesk site. Plus they can utilize it to make mark-ups and comments and pass it on. In my humble opinion I like it better than PDF files. I find it to be a no hassle solution and the DWF files create much faster than PDF's do and are usually much smaller file sizes.

nukecad · 发表于 2022-7-8 11:53:11

I have button macros set up for different printers at home and at work that will set the page and plot with one click of the button. (So it dosnt matter what pagesetup the drawing was saved with).

These are based on the command line version of the plot command.

To get the syntax for your button macro run throught the steps on the command prompt to work out what needs to go into the code.
Here is an example..

Command: -plot
Detailed plot configuration? [Yes/No] : y
Enter a layout name or [?] :
Enter an output device name or [?] : Laserjet5000n
Enter paper size or [?] : A3
Enter paper units [inches/Millimeters] :
Enter drawing orientation [Portrait/Landscape] :
Plot upside down? [Yes/No] :
Enter plot area [Display/Extents/Limits/View/Window] :
Enter plot scale (Plotted Millimeters=Drawing Units) or [Fit] : fit
Enter plot offset (x,y) or

:Plot with plot styles? [Yes/No] :
Enter plot style table name or [?] (enter . for none) : monochrome.ctb
Plot with lineweights? [Yes/No] :
Scale lineweights with plot scale? [Yes/No] :
Plot paper space first? [Yes/No] : yes
Remove hidden lines? [Yes/No] :
Write the plot to a file [Yes/No] :
Save changes to layout [Yes/No]?
Proceed with plot [Yes/No] :

Resulting in the following code.
^C^C-plot;y;;Laserjet5000n;A3;;;;fit;;;monochrome.ctb;;;yes;;;;;

Obviously you printer name, paper size, and plot .ctb will be different.
The syntax has also changed slightly over different Autocad versions; so check it out for yours using -plot.
You may also encounter a problem if your printer driver is on a server or has a space in the name, In this case you need to put the commands in a script and use the button to call the script (In the button macro- turn off filedia, call the script, turn filedia back on).

Put this code on a toolbar button and one click of the button does the job.

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