AutoCAD Visual LISP / AutoLISP :: Plot Stamp Shows Temp Folder When Publishing?
Jan 2, 2014
We used a block which contains deisel expressions for our plot stamp. When we publish through the sheet set manager it shows a temp folder where the drawings are spooled to instead of the actual drawing saved path. We can fix this buy turning off background plotting when we publish, but I was wondering if there is a way to show the saved path instead of the spoolled path when publishing in the background.
Below is the expression found in our plot stamp block.
$(GETVAR, "dwgprefix")$(getvar, "dwgname")$(edtime, 0, M/DD/YYYY H:MM:SS AM/PM), $(getvar, loginname)
Civil 3D 2013
Windows 7 64-bit
Xeon W3550 3.07 GHz
Nvidia Quadro 4000
12.0 GB RAM
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Mar 20, 2013
Right now I have a few lines in the ACADDOC.lsp file to set up the plot stamp for all users. I would like to just turn on the plot stamp and auto load a custom .pss file that I have set up.
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Sep 11, 2012
Where else do they keep this setting? I only have found it in Active Layout in extended dada
(entget (vlax-vla-object->ename(vla-get-activelayout (vla-get-activedocument(vlax-get-acad-object)))) '("*"))
The last pice of extended data is:
("PLOTTRANSPARENCY" (1071 . 0))
When i change it to 1
(setq layout(vla-get-activelayout (vla-get-activedocument(vlax-get-acad-object))))
(vla-getXdata layout "PLOTTRANSPARENCY" 'type 'data)
(vlax-safearray-fill data '("PLOTTRANSPARENCY" 1))
(vla-setXdata layout type data)
it stays there (extended data), but the setting in Plot dialog box doesn't change!!! And it still prints no transparency.
It takes to save the drawing and reopen it again to see the change.
The command -PLOT does not have this setting as well, so my options back to VBA or Lisp, but HOW?
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Aug 30, 2012
I am aware of the plot stamp available in the Plot Dialog box, however, we are looking at ways to imbed this info in the dwg. I currently have the WD_TB with an attribute for FULLFILENAME, an attribute for PLOT DATE, and an attribute for PLOT TIME12. So I get the information on the dwg. I would like to be able to run all these attributes as a string. I have tried FULLFILENAME|PLOT DATE|PLOT TIME12 with spaces, commas, ( ), " ", etc. and I do not know the proper syntax to get this to work. I have also tried (getenv "FULLFILENAME") or the getvar, in the title descriptions box.
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Mar 1, 2012
BLOCK REFERENCE Layer: "TWC Dim"
Space: Model space
Handle = 27879
The above result from LIST > 'Last' ... gave only the above result.
We have a project... granted, the requirement is to model 1.6 million feet from world origin... I know that AutocAD can have issues with this... and we have certainly had issues on this job that can be attributed to this... BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS ISSUE?
When anything is INSERTed into this drawing file, or from this dwg file... it doesn't seem to show up... no command line errors, no OFF or Frozen layers, no objects Isolated, no indication at all that there was a problem... except that nothing showed up.
This was used to find the issue. List the last object added to the database. Then paste to original coordinates (NOT PASTE AS BLOCK)
Command: list
Select objects: l
1 found
Select objects:
[Code] .....
No more info.. no block name, no Handle, no Insertion point x,y,z... no scale factors, none of the normal info that should accompany the BLOCK REFERENCE LIST output.
Several Audits were done, and Recover... this reported fixing Invalid Block Refs... we even rebuilt the dwg in a blank dwg file... but still object INSERTed with this same behaviour.
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Sep 14, 2012
I am currently using this code to get the folder name containing the current drawing.
FolderName = Dir(ThisDrawing.path, vbDirectory)
What would I use if I wanted to get the foldername one level up (third)?
ex. C:FIRSTSECONDTHIRDFOURTH
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Mar 20, 2013
Is it possible to create a lips that does the following:
- In the Modelspace
- Get 2 points to create a plot window / give two points. (get point 1, get point 2, list points)
- Divide the window into A3 size windows
- plot scale 1:100 / prompts to ask
- Plot / Print the A3 size windows with the given / preset configuration(s)
- Perhaps even add a number to each page.
In other words, Plot / Print a A2, A1, A0 or bigger onto several A3 pages.
Depending on how big the page is, number of A3 pages, plotscale 1:100
Or asks what plot scale I want to use.The only thing I think I will need is something like:
Get point 1, get point 2, List the points. So I can set the window.
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Aug 10, 2012
I'm working on a lisp that goes through a whole list of files and does different things to those files. I've been racking my brain for a way to select just a folder via a dialogue box, but haven't found a way. I'm sure it can be done with dcl, but I don't know where to start.
This would not be the standard "file" selection box, but would only list the folders and let me select one even if there are others "under" them. This is what I'd like it to look like.
I'm not sure if there is a standard AutoCAD box that I could call for this or not
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Aug 17, 2012
I’m looking to extract the second from the last directory within the dwgprefix of
"P:Projects66 Structural666-4800-00 TPA666-4815-00 Res4815 Res Figures" (i.e. 666-4815-00 Res)
This is what I have so far:
(defun c:tmp ( )
(setq P1 (getpoint "
Pick point: "))
(command "text" P1 "" ""
(strcat
(vl-filename-base
(vl-string-subst "." "\" (getvar 'dwgprefix) (vl-string-position (ascii "\") (getvar 'dwgprefix) nil T))
))))
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Feb 12, 2013
I'm try to write a list to produce a script file!I just want to insert a dwg file in current drawing.back to MS Windows, in case of having [space] in a folder's name, we should use "" marks:
CD "Program Files"; DEL "file 10.txt"; ....
I tried both with and without "" marks but I failed!I pasted part of my code below with result of each case:
(setq TBFile "H:z.autocadA1 A2 A3.dwg")
(write-line "-INSERT" des)
(write-line (strcat "*" TBFile) des); ; *H:z.autocadA1 A2 A3.dwg <<=should be this
(write-line "0,0" des);;insert point
(write-line "1" des);;xyz scale
(write-line "0" des);;rotation
[code]....
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Jan 24, 2001
I need to plot in a file some windows from a LISP, like (command "-plot"...
The windows are defined in a list of points like (((0 0 0)(10 10 0))...) defining lower-left and upper-right corners. Each .plt file must be saved with a different name.
Is it possible from AutoLISP in 2000?
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Oct 3, 2012
R2012 win7
Can you plot to file using a "file share" location? i.e. \\bcnymfilp01\Parts_Labels\88881"
(vl-cmdf ".plot" "Y" "" "\\bcnymprtp01\Proto Label Printer" "Legal" "I" "Landscape" "N" "E" "Fit" "C" "Y" "monochrome.ctb" "Y" "A" "Y" "N" "Y" "\\bcnymfilp01\Parts_Labels\88881" "Y" "Y")
Everything seems to run but when it comes to the plotting, AutoCAD crashes.
Findfile works fine:
Command: (findfile "\\bcnymfilp01\Parts_Labels\50981.plt")
"\\bcnymfilp01\Parts_Labels\50981.plt"
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Is there a way for me to change a layers plot style from one to another with LISP?
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(defun plotbatch ()(vl-load-com)(setvar "sdi" 0);; open file(setq acadobject (vlax-get-acad-object))(setq documents (vla-get-documents acadobject))(setq open (vla-open documents "U:\testfile.dwg" :vlax-false));; changing something;; plot layout(setq plot (vla-get-plot open))(vla-put-NumberOfCopies plot 1)(setq layouts (vla-get-layouts open))(vlax-for each layouts (if (= (setq name (vla-get-name each)) "TestLayout") (progn (setq salayout (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbString (cons 0 0))) (vlax-safearray-put-element salayout 0 name) (vla-setlayoutstoplot plot salayout) (setq errmsg (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-PlotToDevice (list plot "\\RW-PRN01\RICOH"))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p errmsg) (prompt (strcat "ERROR: " (vl-catch-all-error-message errmsg))) ) ) ));; close file(vla-close open :vlax-false)(princ))
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Lisp file to plot all layers on,
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Windows 7 (Ultimate 64 bits),
Firefox 20.0,
Kaspersky 2013.
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I would like to :
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and zoo.
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[ACAD2011 CIVIL3d]
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I was wanting to create a script to go through and clean up a bunch of drawings in a given folder. I've written a lisp routine (cleanx) that works fine when you run it on a single drawing, but I'm having some trouble integrating it into a script. As it is currently, I'm experiencing several issues -
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(command "-layer" "u" "*" "t" "*" "on" "*" "" "")
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2) It ends with saying 'Really want to discard all changes to drawing?' which confused me as I use Qsave before I close, and then confused me further when I realized that the text window suggests that this prompt comes up after the 'open' command, and that if I type <Y> (exit without saving) then it asks me to select a file. Why doesn't it save, close and then open the next file automatically?
;;; Main program, command: batchjob;;; By Abdul Huck(defun c:cleanb (/ dwgs file dwgName scrFile folderName) (setq folderName (browsefolder "Select folder to perform batch job: ") ) (setq dwgs (vl-directory-files folderName "*.dwg")) (setq scrFile (open (strcat folderName "\batchJob.scr") "w")) (write-line "SDI 1" scrFile) (foreach file dwgs(setq [code].......
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