how to remove old plotter configuration from existing drawings

[linkboy]

We use a new plotter but some old files had the old plotter's configuration. How can I remove the old plotter info from the existing dwg files?

[pendean]

Nothing built in does that: you'll need to create a menu macro or lisp that checks and redefines that every time you plot. You can also import Pagesetups from templates files too.

This is where creating generic names with devices and pc3 files come in handy (for your future planning): calling devices PLOTTER or COLORPRINTER or DEPTXYZPLOTTER removes the issue you have in the future.

[Anonymous]

As a workaround (though it might cause some confusion), you might just copy your "good" .pc3 and rename it to the old one?

While I don't see that Migrating will help with this issue, here's some historical reference on scripts, lisp and batching http://www.widom-assoc.com/AU-CP12-3L.pdf

Good Luck!

[massimo.corradi]

Check if your Autocad Version/Flavor has the DWGCONVERT command. If yes you can set up a conversion setup that saves the dwg in your current format and check the "Set Default Printer to 'none'" option on.  There is even a "Replace Page setups" option in case you want to replace old Page Setups.

[Anonymous]

You can set the page setup to none  in current drawing using LayoutManager to clear the error message and if the task needs to be done in large number of drawings then go for BatchInDatabase or BatchInEditor, these are free tools and user needs to register them which is free as well to get the full benefit of it.

[jggerth]

And if your version of Acad doesn't have that, the free TrueView application should.

[rgorman]

there's alway the "PLQUIET" command. Shuts off those type of messages. It doesn't get RID of the files, but you aren't constantly clicking through an error message to plot what you want.

There are a couple of LSP's that you can pop into the acaddoc.lsp that deletes any plot old configurations and will load your defaults for any old drawing with legacy configurations.

such as:

;delete previous page setups
(vl-load-com)
(setq pl (vla-get-PlotConfigurations
(vla-get-activedocument
(vlax-get-acad-object))))
(vlax-for item pl
(vlax-invoke-method item 'delete)
)

just unloads previous configurations.

[Anonymous]

I have not tried myself but in cmd type

etrasmit

and then go to Transmittak Setup

on right side look under Actions and click 'Set default plotter to none'

Create a zip of all dwgs you require to fix and then unzip then back and check if it worked.