Sending objects to back (draworder)

I have an application that generates hatches for spaces (rooms) on the
active drawing.
The hatches are created with solid fills of different colors (depending
on properties in a database)
After the hatches have been created for the entire drawing I throw them
all to back (so they don't cover op all the other elements in the drawing).
Then I plot the drawing to dwf.
After I have thrown all hatches to back and before I do the final
plotting I try to update the drawing (Thisdrawing.Regen acAllViewports).
I have also tried to call the Regen command (Thisdrawing.SendCommand
"Regen" & vbcr).
The drawing is updated ok - BUT! - AFTER the plotting actually have
taken place??
I there a way to "stall" the plotting until the regen actually have
finished?

/ Thomas Christensen

 

Just for clarification:
The plot (the dwf-file) have the solid hatches on top - NOT in
background as desired)

/ Thomas

 

did you try updating the hatch object after sending to back?

 

Yes - I have tried that.
If I do all the hatching, draworder stuff first and DONT call the plot
to dwf routine evething is ok.
It seems like the plot routine gets started BEFORE the update of the
object in the drawing?

 

thomas,

just an idea: look at the sortents-systemvariable, there is one option to sort==>plotting, you have also the posibility to change the variable
through acad-menu EXTRAS==>OPTIONS==>USER PREFERENCES (menu-item-name depends on acad-version).

- alfred -

 

If SortEnts approach fails for DWFs, the other workaround is to
delete-then-recreate the boundaries (objects) remaining hatches intact.
Hihgly time-consuming operation (and rather stupid) but the one that works.

Regards,
Maksim Sestic

sort==>plotting, you have also the posibility to change the variable