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ADKstorm Posted - October 26 2005 : 1:38:57 PM
Thanks bill for your last reply post for "Title-Block Update Wizard".

Another question:

I have a titleblock and a separate block for revisions. When the next revision is made the block is copied or inserted again as shown in the attached jpg (changed the 2nd block to green for this post)

Problem is that it is the same block, so if I use Hurricane, it changes the text in both blocks. My conclusion is that in order to keep this from happening, I would have to make a separate block for each revision. Of course, the best thing is to have each one part of the titleblock, but its the way the client wants it.

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One other question: Can the script also print each drawing using a page setup name, before closing and going on to the next drawing?
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Admin Posted - October 26 2005 : 4:59:57 PM
Hi ADKstorm,

I've tried many a work-around for revision blocks, and the same problem seems to persist. There will come a time, when one drawing is different from the rest, and "automation" of insertion of revision information will not fly (because everything in a script needs to be common to all drawings, unless it is TEXTual in nature, in which case Hurricane's TAGS can be used to make differences in each drawing), so I don't recommend getting into revisions with scripts.

IF you have a lisp that is "smart", and can look at the guts of the drawing and determine where the next "location" is, etc, then that is the way to go, but for the most part, scripts are used for doing lots of repetitive work that is COMMON to most drawings (again, Hurricane lets you stretch the definition of "common" a little with the use of TAGS).

As for PAGESETUPs, YES you can do this, but your plot script will look something like this...

;BEGIN SCRIPT
-PLOT
;Detailed plot configuration? [Yes/No] <No>: no
NO
;Enter a layout name or [ ?] <Model>:
Model
;Enter a page setup name <>:
[enter your pagesetup name here]
;Enter an output device name or [ ?] <None>:
etc.
etc.
;END SCRIPT


The Key is the NO response to "Detailed Plot Configuration"?

I hope this helps you out!

Regards,
Bill

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