Hi experts,
Anyone can tell me how to print by selecting an object or area instead of using the fence command?
For example I created a square that covers my drawings and I want to print the drawings inside that square. Instead of using the fence command, I want to just click the square and select print.
Can anyone help me with this one?
Thanks
RJ
This is easily done with a Print Style. I have some plot frames already made up to the various sizes of sheets that we print. I've actually made them into cells, and one click in the Element Templates, and I place the frame of choice.
The key is to put it on it's own level. Then in the Print Style, have it define a fence by level. For example, the plot frame is the only element on level C-ANNO-PLOTFRAME, so it defines the print area as that element. In the print dialog, click Settings > Apply Print Style, and bam, it prints whatever is inside the plot frame. You can have multiple frames in the same drawing, even with overlaps. I've got the match lines as part of the frame cell. They're on their own level as well, to turn them on or off. I also have the frame level set to not print so the frame itself doesn't print, but that's just a personal preference. I use Print Organizer to batch-print multiple frames in one drawing.
Create your Print Style(s) in a DGNLIB so you don't have to go through that process every time you print.