AutoCAD Electrical

[#1]

Hi folks

This morning I had a FATAL ERROR,  nothing unusual about that as this often happens when closing files.

This time it happened when I was updateing a BoM.

Reboot was OK. All seemed OK and all I lost was a few devices on a drawing.

Later I came to print and discovered I have lost the "plot style manager" in the "format" ribbon menue.

I knew this as ACE reported that there was a problem witht the printer.

How do I get it back?  (the plot style manager)

I have lost the .pc3 file for the printer and I can't recreate it.   ACAD reports that i am writing to and illegal file.

I use CutePDF to create my PDF files and I have also lost the .pc3 file.

These two .pcs files are usually in the printer menue of ACE where I select which printer I wish to print from.

I can print previously save PDF drawings correctly.

Hope some one can steer me in the righ direction.

Cheers  John Quigley

[#2]

This is an interesting issue...

Have you lost the ability to invoke the plot manager from the big "A" as well?

(Big "A" > Print > Manage plotters)

Can you check in the CUI to see if you still have ACAD as a partial load in your ACADE workspace.

(Look for ACAD in the Partial Customization Files expandable tree)

I have seen this before in an older version of the product (ACADE 2007), it would lose the partial file that allowed Regular AutoCAD commands to run. (usually on a fatal crash during startup).

Try reloading the partial file. 

Let me know,

James Alger

SolidCAD

[#3]

Hi James

Thanks againg for your time to reply to my questions.

I have been partially stupid.   The Plot style manager is greyed out when I look for it under the Format button.

I forgot to look for it under the file botton.

My other problems have been solved with the reload.

Cheers  jq