Plot PDF

[amitnkukanur]

Hello,

I am trying to plot a PDF using COM Component and these below are the code which i used

acDoc = acApp.Documents.Open(item.SubItems[1].Text + "\\" + item.SubItems[0].Text, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);

acApp.Visible = true;

acApp.ZoomExtents();

　

foreach (AcadLayout layout in acDoc.Layouts)

{

layout.StyleSheet = "monochrome.ctb";

}

PtObj = acDoc.Plot;

PtConfigs = acDoc.PlotConfigurations;

PtConfigs.Add("PDF", true);

PlotConfig = PtConfigs.Item("PDF");

PlotConfig.CenterPlot = true;

PlotConfig.StandardScale = AcPlotScale.acScaleToFit;

PlotConfig.PlotType = AcPlotType.acExtents;

PlotConfig.ConfigName = "DWG To PDF.pc3";

PlotConfig.StyleSheet = "monochrome.ctb";

PlotConfig.CanonicalMediaName = "ANSI_A_(8.50_x_11.00_Inches)";

PlotConfig.PlotViewportBorders = false;

PlotConfig.PlotWithLineweights = true;

PlotConfig.PlotWithPlotStyles = true;

PlotConfig.ScaleLineweights = false;

PlotConfig.GetPlotStyleTableNames();

PlotConfig.PlotRotation = AcPlotRotation.ac90degrees;

BackPlot = acDoc.GetVariable("BACKGROUNDPLOT");

　

acDoc.SetVariable("BACKGROUNDPLOT", 0);

PlotConfig.RefreshPlotDeviceInfo();

if (PtObj.PlotToFile(acDoc.FullName.Replace("dwg", "pdf"), PlotConfig.ConfigName))

{

//Do Nothing

}

else

{

using (StreamWriter sr = newStreamWriter(FileName, true))

{

sr.WriteLine(acDoc.FullName.Trim());

}

}

//If you wish you can delete th plot configuration you created

//programmatically, and set the 'BACKGROUNDPLOT' system variable

//to its original status.

PtConfigs.Item("PDF").Delete();

PlotConfig = null;

acDoc.SetVariable("BACKGROUNDPLOT", BackPlot);

Even though after Giving these settings the Output PDF is not covering full sheet of paper, instead its taking a portion of paper.

Is there any way where i can solve this.

Rgds

Amit

[fieldguy]

Using the managed API (2010) my plot creator has "psv.SetUseStandardScale(ps, True)"  and "psv.SetStdScaleType(ps, StdScaleType.ScaleToFit)".

ps is PlotSettings and psv is PlotSettingsValidator.  Try SetUseStandardScale(??, true) before acscaletofit.

[amitnkukanur]

Hello FieldGuy,

Thanks for replying. Where and how will i find My Plot Creator because i am hearing it first time. If you could share a sample with me if you have.

Thanks 

Amit

[fieldguy · Accepted solution]

My plot creator is an application I developed to plot pdfs.  I created it by doing hours of research and testing - if you search this forum for "plot to pdf" you will see several replies.  You have to do the work yourself - there are plenty of samples available.

Almost everything is available from Kean Walmsley (the 2nd link below).  Check these links:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/NET/using-com-intero-to-plot-layouts/m-p/4777711/highlight/true#M38885

http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2007/09/driving-a-basic.html

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/NET/Changing-Current-Layout-and-Plot-Page-Setup-Programatically/m-p/43...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/NET/Batch-plotting-problem-in-VB-net-very-close-to-success/m-p/2071689...

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/2012/05/named-view-plotting.html

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/NET/Reg-Plotting-To-PDF/m-p/4848873/highlight/true#M39414

[amitnkukanur · Accepted solution]

Hi fieldguy,

Thanks for reply, the post helped to solve the problem to certain extent.

Thanks for a reply.

Cheers,

Amit

[fieldguy]

I'm glad you found the solution.

Cheers!