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Keyboard shortcut: PP
Toolbar button: none
Compatible with AutoCAD Versions:
13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
This command is designed to help get things ready for plotting. It can be set up to perform the following tasks:
User configurable options:
See the Plot Prep Config portion of the General section of the APS Configuration Utility.
Known limitations:
None reported. If there is something this command will not do that you think it should please let us know.
Alternate uses:
None reported. If you have an alternate use for this command submit it here.
Command: PP
Command: PLOTPREPPlot Log
If configured to use the plot log you will see the following dialog:
If this plot should be billed to the client press the "Yes" button. If it should not be billed to the client then press "No".
Title block update
If configured to "Always" update the title block, it will be updated; if configured to "Never" update, this portion is skipped, and if configured to "Ask" you will see the following dialog:
If you would like the title block updated press "Yes" otherwise press "No".
Update schedules
If a door schedule is found you will see the following dialog:
Press "YES" or "NO"
If a window schedule is found you will see the following dialog:
Press "YES" or "NO"
If a finish schedule is found you will see the following dialog:
Press "YES" or "NO"
Change to layout view (AutoCAD release 2000 and later)
If you have configured this command to switch to a named layout view it will be done now.
Change PDMODE
If you have configured this command to change the "PDMODE" of the drawing it will be set now.
Turn layers off
If you have configured this command to turn off certain layers (and make them non-plottable in AutoCAD 2000 and later) the layers will be turned off now.
Spell check
If configured to check the spelling in the drawing (and assuming that you have a word misspelled in your drawing) you will see the following dialog (or something like it depending on your version of AutoCAD):
Check the spelling in the drawing or press
to skip the rest of the spelling check. For help with using the spell check dialog see AutoCAD's help for "Check Spelling Dialog Box". When the spell check has been completed you will see the following dialog:
Press "OK".
--the command is finished--
Adding
the PLOTPREP command to menu filesIn all of the APS-2008 menu files the PLOTPREP command precedes the plot command so that it runs prior to plotting. If you would like to add the PLOTPREP command to one of your menus use the following examples as a guide to using the PLOTPREP command with plotting.
Toolbar button:
ID_Print [_Button("Print", ICON_16_PRINT, ICON_32_PRINT)]^C^C(C:APS-PLOTPREP);_plot
Pull-Down (POP)
ID_Print [&Print...\tCtrl+P]^C^C(C:APS-PLOTPREP);_plot
TB-UPDAT Command to update title block attributes like: filename, project number, scale, date, initials, drawing type, sheet number and date & time stamps.
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