Printing one file with multiple drawings seperately

[Janne42]

Hi

 

I have a file that has a model tab (named Model) and a layout tab (named Layout1). In it there are 18 separate floor plans.

 

The person before me managed to print those 18 floor plans as separate pdf:s but I haven't been able to figure out how to do that. They have left the company so I can't ask them.

Is there an easy way to print all 18 as separate pdf:s?

[BIGAL]

Welcome aboard, yes easy to do for layouts just loop through the layouts and plot them, you can then using Ghostscript join them all back into one pdf.

 

I have plot range lisp, it is hard coded for a layout title block. This is for pdf's but can be hard copy just change printer name.

 

 

Can you post a sample dwg with your title block in a layout ? I do have a version that supports various title blocks in a layout, will cost you a cup of coffee as has to b edited to suit your title blocks.

 

[CyberAngel]

It's hard to tell exactly what your situation is. I'm going to assume there are multiple viewports on the single layout, each with a different floor plan.

 

If you're going to do this more than once, the easiest way is to copy the single layout and isolate one of the plans. Copy that single plan and adjust the viewport to show a different plan, Repeat for all of them. To plot, select all 18 layouts and use Publish Selected Layouts with the PDF option.

 

For a one-shot, you'll need a border around each floor plan (if you don't have them already). In the plot dialog, change the Plot Area to Window. Give it opposite corners of the border for each one. Once you have all of the sheets, use another app (AutoCAD won't do this) to assemble them.

 

If you want to plot them all at once, as separate parts of a single layout, you'll probably need a LISP function as BigAl suggests.

[BIGAL]

If Janne42 is still checking, I have a move objects in a layout to 0,0. This was written for exactly this task where you would copy the layout 17 times and erase 17 sections in each layout. I had one staff member that liked to work this way copying and erasing in final dwg but then our auto plot did not work as no objects within plot window.

 

Another comment it is easier to draw rectangs in Model that represent the miview in a layout and make all layouts in one go using those rectangs. Yes a lisp.

[Janne42]

Hi again

Sorry for being silent. I got sick shortly after and then forgot about the post until the recent replies.

 

I managed to solve it even before BIGALs first helpful answer, but of course I don't remember how I did it now.