Cannot un-center plot on page

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by jen, Aug 16, 2004.

  1. jen

    jen Guest

    I have a command defined to plot from a button:

    (defun c:15x21-HalfSizePlot()
    (c:psplot)
    (setvar "cmdecho" 0)
    (command "-plot" "n" "" "15x21-HalfSizePlot" "" "n" "n" "y")
    (setvar "cmdecho" 1)
    )

    All projects have the offset set to 0,0 (not center on page). But the
    problem project decides it must be centered on the page and the plot is
    shifted up. The Plot shifts up because my Oce TDS 600 does not have an
    option to specify 15 in paper and I have to set it for 17 in paper. The
    center on page therefore tries to center on a 17 in page. How can I stop
    this?

    I have tried using the detailed plot command as well and set the origin
    offset, but the results are the same.
    I have tried plotting manually and plot preview looks great but the file
    gets centered again.
    I have tried moving the paper in the plotter and then all the other projects
    don't plot well.

    jobcaptain!

    any ideas?

    -jen
     
    jen, Aug 16, 2004
    #1
  2. jen

    jen Guest

    Self healing.

    It seems that all of the plots get centered on the plot paper in this
    configuration. On the problem project there were some titleblock lines that
    were missing and causing that project to center differently on the page.
    The solution was to remake the pagesetup to account for and ignore any lines
    outside of the titleblock area to be printed. Also had to shift the paper
    over a little on the spool to realign the centered plot on differing paper
    sizes, a 15" plot file and a 17" plot engine setting.

    -jen
     
    jen, Aug 18, 2004
    #2
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