I know Version J is an ancient software and I'm not sure if this is the place to inquire about this question, BUT. We have to use version J on our citrix server and IT has many options locked out so idiot users will not change anything to increase their productivity. I'm trying to figure out a way to have my print dialog box automatically select the Fence entity instead of the View entity when I open the print dialog. I have a plot driver file and a pen table file that I can edit for my own purposes. I tried to add a line ENTITY=FENCE into the driver file but that does not seem to be the answer. I'm not sure if there is a configuration variable that I can set to have the entity et to Fence.
Any Input or direction to assist me when be greatly appreciated.
Mike
shabbir,
if your in paper space, then fence is unnecessary as it will plot and find by the sheet size automatically , if this not for paper space then you cant assume the paper size or that the drg starts at 0,0 its not autocad and most DGNs in model space are in world coordinates so I don't get how your keyin works as a generic keyin,
Lorys
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Thank You for your answers. They were very helpful.
try this keyin or add in your fkey """fit view extended;pla fe;xy=0,0;dx=1.016,.711;plot""" 1.016 & 0.711 is the size of fence ie the paper size also
your control p can't have a fence set unless you have a fence already placed, that said your settings are as I said before that it will fit the view and place a fence by extents of visible elements which is what my keyin does and if you set it on an F key then you don't have to type it and it will create the fence for you and launch your printer , you can set the printdriver and set the pentable as part of the keying and even paper size.. this for me is a big time saver .. when I published the quick print script on the forum many years ago Bentley sent me a Tee shirt with Bentley Detective on it ...it was a prized possession or a very long time until I wore it out and it got a bit moth eaten...
your only other option is to use batchplt.ma and make it generic enough to find the boundary level object and use it in a script file to use the active file and set that to run form a keyin script or action string , loaded by your custom F key, then it would ignore stray objects outside your boundary shape level ..this will take a bit of trial and error to set up but you cant expect much detailed help here as your product is too old for anyone to be familiar enough to be of specific help to debug your scripts...
btw fit view extended;place fence allfiles;selview 1;PRINT;print maximize;print driver XXXX.plt
might be fit view extended;place fence EXTENDED;selview 1;PRINT;print maximize;print driver XXXX.plt
check all the print keyins available can even execute plot so you don't wait,,, and can pick paper size too.. keyins rule !
Thank You for the input. I will try a few of these items. There are , more then likely items left outside the drawing border area and we work on many drawings from over the years that a many varied users have created and setup in their own ways.