setting LIMMIN and LIMMAX

The below program works with AutoCAD 2000i, but not with AutoCAD 2005. How can I get this to work with A2K5.

Thanks.

(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object))) "LayoutDisplayPaper" 0)
(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object))) "LayoutDisplayMargins" 0)

 

(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object))) 'LayoutDisplayPaper 0)
(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object))) 'LayoutDisplayMargins 0)

The items you want to put you use single quote (vlax-put object 'Properity value)

Tim

 

I still get this error:

Cannot set LIMMIN when paper margins or background are displayed.

 

(getvar "extmin") <- this returns (x y z)
When I tested stuff on my computer, "limmin" wants only (x y), so try this.
(setq oextmin (getvar "extmin")
oextmin (reverse (reverse (cdr oextmin)))
)
(setq oextmax (getvar "extmax")
oextmax (reverse (reverse (cdr oextmax)))
)

(setvar "limmin" oextmin)
(setvar "limmax" oextmax)
This should work.

Tim

 

Works for me in A2k5... are there reactors they try to modify the limits?

Limits can't be changed under some circumstances (from Help):
LIMMIN/LIMMAX is read-only when paper space is active and the paper background
or paper margins are displayed.

Cheers

 

I know. Thats why I'm doing this in the program before setting the limits.

(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object))) 'LayoutDisplayPaper 0)
(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object))) 'LayoutDisplayMargins 0)

 

Hi jclaidler

Ah... I see, seems to be a bug in A2k5. If you change this properties by code,
they aren't active until you open/close the preferences dialog... ugly.

Cheers

 

Yeah..seems like that.
Thanks for the help, from across the pond.

 

Actually, doing a REGEN after the code will update the display. But LIMMIN and LIMMAX still have be changed via lisp.

 

looks like you have to accomplish it this way....

(command "limits" (getvar "extmin") (getvar "extmax"))

 

Hi jclaidler

Yeah, made this try also:
(vla-Regen *ActDoc* acAllViewports)
but doesn't change anything except updating the display...>8-(

Cheers

 

This is a pretty bad bug. I still can't change the limits, even by doing this:

(command "limits" (getvar "extmin") (getvar "extmax"))

 

This entire topic begs the question: why bother? Why not simply plot using
the Layout option and stop worrying about setting limits? We haven't had
trouble plotting since AutoCAD 2000, but then, we dropped all our old ways
of plotting and jumped on to the Layout bandwagon. Sure has made our life
easier in the long run.

But thanks for highlighting the bug, I guess... ;^)

--
R. Robert Bell


The below program works with AutoCAD 2000i, but not with AutoCAD 2005. How
can I get this to work with A2K5.

Thanks.

(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object)))
"LayoutDisplayPaper" 0)
(vlax-put (vla-get-display (vla-get-preferences (vlax-get-acad-object)))
"LayoutDisplayMargins" 0)

 

ok.. here it is.

We plot by EXTENTS. But our German parent company plots by limits. When the go to plot our drawings, they get bad plots because we don't set limits in paperspace.

What I want is to setup AutoCAD to automatically set the limits when we open a drawing.

Is this ok with you ??

 

Well, if both of your firms converted to Layouts, the issue would go away.
Is that ok with you? ;^)

--
R. Robert Bell


ok.. here it is.

We plot by EXTENTS. But our German parent company plots by limits. When
the go to plot our drawings, they get bad plots because we don't set limits
in paperspace.

What I want is to setup AutoCAD to automatically set the limits when we open
a drawing.

Is this ok with you ??

 

Actually, no. The people in our German company will never change there ways. They're too stubborn. lol

This would be the easiest way, and both 'firms' wouldn't have to change a thing. It was hard enougth to get 'my company' to adopt paper space.