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mbicm
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 Posted - June 23 2008 : 3:00:43 PM
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Good Morning,
I started a conversation on the autodesk boards, and it was suggested that I run Autodesk's Scriptpro. Well its not as nice as yours by any means but if scriptpro didn’t open and close autocad for every drawing, it could be faster than hurricane as the sheet set didn’t affect the speed as much. I don’t know what they was doing different but I was wondering if this was something you might want to look into.
If you haven’t seen a copy of it, you can download it at http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2007/04/download_new_sc.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Support [mailto:support@74mph.com]
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:51 PM
To: Matt Breeden
Subject: Re: Running with Sheet Set
Hi Matt,
Thanks for writing... I haven't heard of anything like that, but I am 100% sure that it is strictly an AutoCAD thing. You may want to check out the AutoDesk newsgroup. Seems that each new version of AutoCAD has yet another layer of obfuscation to get through, thus slowing the processes down. Most of my colleagues have stuck with 2005, as (for some reason), seems to have the least amount of overhead, and the least amount of bugs. (but just their observations).
Sorry I have nothing more to suggest.
Regards,
Bill
Matt Breeden wrote:
> We are experiencing a real slow down when it comes to running drawings
> that are part of a sheet set. I have set SSLOCATE to 0 and SSMAUTOOPEN
> to 0. I am using the switch /nossm but it seems that any drawing that
> is part of a sheet set takes a long time to open. What used to be
> basically instant takes a minute now for just one drawing.
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> Has anyone else reported doing anything like this?
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> Any ideas how to speed things up?
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> Thanks
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> *Matt Breeden*
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Posted - June 23 2008 : 3:51:57 PM
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Yes, I've used ScriptPro quite a bit, in testing, and the main issue I have with it (other than the lack of features) is that it actually TIES into AutoCAD and takes control of it from the BACK END, using the AutoCADs built-in VBA. Yes, it can log errors and skip past files, which is a nice feature, however you will get all sorts of interesting' errors, and not to mention strangeness when/if
the writers of ScriptPro decide to mess with your AutoCAD internals during program execution.
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2007/04/download_new_sc.html
(The feedback/comments to that article are worth really paying attention to)
When Hurricane was first conceived I had the choice of going the route of VBA using the AutoCAD type-library (grabbing AutoCAD in the background), or going GENERIC and passing it a text file. At that point I made the decision to pass text. Otherwise, there would be major issues down the road with revisioning and keeping track of new AutoCAD features/changes. If they change the type-library to tie-into AutoCAD, then the entire structure of the software must be revisited
(with ScriptPro yes, with Hurricane no).
With Hurricane you are in complete control of what is being placed on the AutoCAD command-line, and there is NOTHING happening in the background. When AutoCAD is launched, it isn't launched in a "special mode", and the script can be interrupted at any point, no need to restart AutoCAD. For offices that run TIGHTLY controlled and precisely setup AutoCAD sessions, this is very important, as Hurricane does NOT mess with your AutoCAD settings (*unless you explicitly tell it to)
Furthermore, because Hurricane only passes 1 text file to AutoCAD, Hurricane doesn't need to be "in-synch" with the latest AutoCAD version. Your scripts are completely up to you, how you design them, and what they do. ScriptPro must be updated to MATCH the version of AutoCAD it was designed for.
I'm not sure why it closes AutoCAD after each drawing, maybe it is a new "feature".? ;)
As for your SheetSet speed, I would attempt to interrupt ScriptPro as soon as it is done working on one drawing, and see if there is anything visible at the command line to learn from. Maybe it will give a clue as to why it seems faster, there may be a system variable it is setting?
Also, check how SDI system variable effects things, but I'm sure it is something strictly related to the guts of AutoCAD.
Regards,
Bill |
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