batch file for multiple plots
Kari Lancaster, Indiana University
Someone recently asked about a batch file for plotting.
Here one is:
in DOS type Copy CON PLOT.BAT (return)
copy filename.plt lpt3: (return)
copy next.plt lpt3: (return)
etc....
ctrl Z
then at dos promt type PLOT to initiate the batch file.
Hope I'm clear enough on this.
Kari Lancaster any ?'s write Klan...@indiana.edu
Joe Konecny
>Hi All!
Yes, this would work, however I don't consider this to be batch plotting.
If the files are in .plt format they have basically already been plotted.
You are just sending already plotted files to the print device. It takes
special software to read a .dwg or .gif then make a plot file in a batch.
Joe
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Hampton Armstrong
Intergraph offers a product called APLOT for plotting in a network
environment. APLOT can generate plots of AutoCAD DWG files without
AutoCAD. For more information, call 1-800-345-4856 and ask for APLOT
info or send me some mail with an address and I will mail you some.
Hampton Armstrong
AutoCAD Plotting Applications
Intergraph Corporation
hpar...@ingr.com
RDM
>Intergraph offers a product called APLOT for plotting in a network
>environment. APLOT can generate plots of AutoCAD DWG files without
The Software Machine also offers software which can batch plot multiple
DWG files in a single user or network environment. They can be reached
at:
The Software Machine
PO Box 270269
Tampa, FL 33688-0269
1-800-658-8484
1-813-920-5328
Good luck.
Colin Kemp
Indiana University (KLAN...@UCS.INDIANA.EDU) says...
>
>Hi All!
>
>Someone recently asked about a batch file for plotting.
Alternatively, you could create a batch file
something like:
PLOT.BAT
---------------------------------------
@echo off
if not exist n:\spool\*.cdk goto nofile
for %%f in (n:\spool\*.cdk) do copy %%f lpt3:
echo Erasing your plot file(s): press Ctrl-C to Cancel, or
pause
erase n:\spool\*.cdk
goto end
:nofile
echo No plot files found!
pause
:end
---------------------------------------
(you only need to do this once)
Configure AutoCAD to plot to a file, with default file name
"autospool". This causes AutoCAD to generate a unique file
name for each new plot.
Substitute your plot spooler directory for "n:\spool" above,
your network node name for "cdk", and printer/plotter port
for "lpt3:"
Generate as many plot files as you wish, and to print them,
either type "plot" at the DOS prompt, or while in the drawing
editor, use the "shell" or "sh" command, then "plot". The
"pause" commands in the batch file allow you to view the screen
before returning to ACAD.
Hope this helps.
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Colin Kemp
c...@imta.com.au
The opinions expressed above are my own and do not
necessarily reflect those of IMTA.