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Posted - March 05 2004 :  6:31:24 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We are using ACAD 2002 with an in-house written software to batch plot. The software will only call a layout for plotting so if I do not have a half size plot layout I cannot plot half size. I would like to use Hurricane to revise a defined fullsize layout to plot half size by changing the papersize and scale lineweights. What is the best approach to do this?

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Posted - March 05 2004 :  9:16:58 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Paul,

Remembering that everything scripted must be able to be performed at the command line, I'd start with the "LAYOUT" command or "-LAYOUT" to Set or create a new layout.

Enter layout option [Copy/Delete/New/Template/Rename/SAveas/Set/?] <set>:


NOTE: You must either make sure each drawing already has a layout with the same name (so your script can function correctly on ALL drawings, or you must make a PRE run through your drawings to create a layout with a common name.

I'd experiment a little with the keyboard and see if you can manipulate your plot to the way you like using the "-PLOT" command once you are on the layout you want to use.

There is a summary of how to use the -PLOT command here:
http://www.74mph.com/faq/FAQ00116.html

I hope this helps you out... (I'm not sure if that's what you were asking?)

Regards,
Bill

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