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Posted - September 13 2005 : 09:43:37 AM
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Thanks,
We're temporarily using Hurricane as a batch plotter, having a new plotter and Acad 2002 & 2006 about. 2006 publish is a bit ponderous to use, especially since many of our drawings have 5 or so layouts for different size reductions/printers. |
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BrianDubya
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Posted - December 19 2005 : 6:13:39 PM
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Originally posted by Admin
Yes,
There is the "Test Run" check box. If you check it, then the QSAVE is not automatically added to the script. (It is not active if using LT)
Hope this helps...
Regards,
Bill
I tried that after having the program stop when the second drawing was to be called up, Autocad was waiting for a "No" response to the "Save Changes to <filename>" Tool Box but Hurricane would not provide the "N" even though it was in Test mode.
We keep our drawings archived on a common server that no one can write to. When we need a print, we open the file, get a "Read Only" message (that I had to add a "Y" in the script for), plot the drawing and then have to quit with a "No" to exit the file.
The only way I could get the plot script to work was to do a "Saveas" to a directory I had write privileges to. Then I went back and had to nuke them. No big deal, but I should not have to do that, should I?
Also I put the hurricane program on a memory stick so I could use it on any machine I work on, but it will only work on the one I used when I installed it on the memory stick. How do I correct this? |
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Admin
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Posted - December 19 2005 : 6:37:24 PM
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Hi BrianDubya,
The reason AutoCAD is asking you to "Save Changes", is that you have "changed" something to your file.
The "Test" checkbox has a bit of a history, so here goes... 
Originally, the "Test" button was called "NO QSAVE", and it just supressed the QSAVE command, for the purpose of PLOTTING without saving the drawings, and everything worked fine as long as the user script didn't CHANGE anything in the drawing. There is no way that Hurricane can tell whether the user has opened the drawing and done "nothing" to it, so it can't predict whether AutoCAD will ask to "save changes". Thus, we added the automatic detection of Changes (but only in full blown AutoCAD, not LT, as it doesn't have lisp)
You'll notice this at the top of the compiled hurricane.scr
(if (/= (getvar "DBMOD") 0)(command "_.OPEN" "_Y")(command "_.OPEN"))
This checks if the file is "modified", and provides the appropriate response.
I would assume that you are either running LT, or if you are using the AutoCAD full, then you might have a setting incorrectly set in Hurricane. (See Tools->Options).
You are correct, the way around it is to use the SAVEAS to a temp directory.
As for Hurricane working on a memory stick. You will have no problem using Hurricane on a memory stick under the following conditions.
#1) You purchased a "user" license (not a PC license).
#2) you are logged into the PC with the username that you purchased for Hurricane
#3) You have the appropriate KEY file in the /KEYS/ directory (on the memory stick).
#4) Tip: You will need to confirm all of Hurricane's settings on each PC you run it on, as the settings and registration info are stored local to each PC, NOT on the memory stick.
I hope this answers your questions!
Regards,
Bill |
Hurricane for AutoCAD
http://www.74mph.com
FAQ at
http://www.74mph.com/faq/faq.html
Tutorials at
http://www.74mph.com/tutorials.html |
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