Background plotting in 2005???

When I try to use the background plot in 2005 the job gets hung up and never does finish. If I uncheck background plot I can plot, however I have to wait until the job is completely sent.

Is there something I have set wrong, or is this a bug??? I would love to be able to plot in the background, this would save me a huge amount of time and make the purchase of 2005 worth the money.

don

 

dont know if the real things any befter but in the beta version of 2005 we turned it off in the end as it kept returning errors!

 

Do you have any customization using lisp or VBA?

Using LISP you might need to add this: to your code:
(if (= (vlax-get-property (vlax-get-acad-object) "Visible") :vlax-true).....

This way the code will not run when background plotting.

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never does finish. If I uncheck background plot I can plot, however I have
to wait until the job is completely sent.

be able to plot in the background, this would save me a huge amount of time
and make the purchase of 2005 worth the money.

 

The only customization I have are my toolbars.

My AutoCAD is on a stand alone machine, the dwgs are saved on a network server and I am printing to printers on the network. I don't have a problem printing, just printing in the background.

Thank you for you help,
don

 

Hi Don,
Can your try after deleting all BG* subdirectories from your %temp%
directory?

Thanks
Ravi
AutoCAD Test Development

never does finish. If I uncheck background plot I can plot, however I have
to wait until the job is completely sent.

be able to plot in the background, this would save me a huge amount of time
and make the purchase of 2005 worth the money.

 

I am not sure what you mean by BG* subdirectories. I have looked and cannot find anything like that. If you don't mind my asking, what are they and what do they contain?

Thanks,
don