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routine which splits C- or D-size drawings into 8.5"x11" sections and then creates plot files for each section to disk.

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Tip#: 967
Author: Randy Steel
Rename File To: TIP967.LSP
Published on: 01-Mar-1994
Downloads: 193
Rating:
4
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a tip plotting to a file called LPT1, LPT2, etc. when plotting from an AutoLISP routine.

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Tip#: 1093
Author: Bill Fane
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 01-Apr-1995
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
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AutoLISP routine adds a plot stamp or updates information in an existing plot stamp.

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Tip#: 1636
Author: David Trotz Jr.
Rename File To: Tip1636a: PSTAMP.LSP, Tip1636b: P_STAMP.DWG
Published on: 01-Aug-2000
Downloads: 319
Rating:
2
  Rated by 1 users

Reactor-Based Text Fill
Another repeater to Harry's tips, Andrzej Gumula, reveals some awesome magic with his tip called Reactor-Based Text Fill Mode Monitor (Tip #2042). AutoCAD operators dre...  Read more

Tip#: 2042
Author: Andrzej Gumula
Rename File To: Tip2042: TextFill.LSP
Published on: 01-Jul-2005
Downloads: 249
Rating:
4
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Next up is a pair of tips sent in from previous tipster Jeffery Sanders. Select Plotter (Tip #2067) presents a list of currently available plotters for you to select. When one is picked, the name o...  Read more

Tip#: 2067
Author: Jeffery Sanders
Rename File To: Tip2067: SELECTPLOTTER.lsp
Published on: 01-Nov-2005
Downloads: 406
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Glenn White submitted two functions that allow you to place text in model space, a layout, or inside a viewport, and it is scaled correctly for any given plotted height. Both routines assume that a...  Read more

Tip#: 3331
Author: Glenn White
Rename File To: textx2.lsp
Published on: 01-Dec-2009
Downloads: 350
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Hayden Clarke sends us a tip about some of the system variables in AutoCAD that influence the way it handles the plotting of raster images.

"This is a tip for prin...  Read more

Tip#: 3555
Author: Hayden Clarke
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 03-Jan-2011
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Space Management Specialist Mitchell Hirschklau shares a tip about plotting to PDF natively in AutoCAD.
 
"I would suggest that users make the AutoCAD 2010 Plot...  Read more

Tip#: 3580
Author: Mitch Hirschklau
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 13-Feb-2011
Downloads: 0
Rating:
3.5
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Tipster David Wardwell Jr. explains a method for viewing and printing AutoCAD files to 3D PDF formats.

"Bentley Systems has a few download options for its vie...  Read more

Tip#: 4151
Author: David Wardwell Jr.
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 01-Jul-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

I was able to get an Excel spreadsheet to print a white background behind the table inserted in a drawing without linking it.
 
It has come to my attention that this may be a p...  Read more

Tip#: 4478
Author: Peggy Simpson
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 01-Jun-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated