Plotting from single layout into multiple files

[BIGAL]

Some more help

 

Using Rectangles for plotting thats exactly what the code above does, the rectangle in this case is a title block ! DA1DRSHT. So if you make the rectangle a block change the name in my code to the name of your block and change the sheet sizes set to A1 above it will work for you. Remove (410 . "model") from above see edit.

 

If your rooms have something unique like room number in the middle of them then you can make all the rectangles in one go, alternatively make a new layout via lisp jump into the viewport find the text zoom to a predefined scale jump back to paperspace adjust the title bock for the room Num go do next one.

 

The program would be a combination of 2-3 already located somewhere here you can certainly do it in C# if you want using .net examples are probably Lisp but they would give you the method.

 

Heres a start a layout picker at scale its cut from a big program so use only as a guide not tested. I think Lee-mac.com has a layout generator lisp he will advise. Uisng this idea you would find room centre and set viewport. Can you post a dwg say with 2-3 rooms

 

(setvar "tilemode" 0)
(command "_.pspace")
(command "_.ZOOM" "ALL")
(setq mp1 (getpoint "\nLower left corner of window:"))
(setq mp2 (getcorner mp1 "\nUpper right corner of window:"))
(setvar "clayer" vbdr) 
(command "_.mview" mp1 mp2) ; remove above for preset window size
(command "_.mspace")
(setq dummy (getpoint "\nPick pt in new window")) 
(setq sc (getstring "\nScale for this window 1:  "))
(setq sc3 (strcat "1/" sc "xp"))
(setq zc (getpoint "\nPoint to centre of view in Viewport:"))
(command "_.zoom" "_center" zc sc3)

[AndyGrau]

Thanks AL, i already did it for this project without a script. But this stuff certainly sounds useful and i will give it a try the next time something like this comes up. Autogenerating layouts and title-blocks with the correct plan-number, appartment-number, plan-date and so on would also minimize room for errors with typos. I think i need to get a book on autocad scripting, its useful for other things too.

[BIGAL]

No worrys a book on Lisp rather than scripting.