DWF Batch Process

[Anonymous]

Hi Folks,

I batch process 3000 DWF maps once a month using AcadMap 2000 and VBA on an
NT4 1.5G machine with 1GIG RAM. To make a long story short the machine
eventually runs out of memory and Acad freezes up. The basic process is to
open my template DWG containing the title block, layout, and plot config. I
use Map functions to query in the map components. Then I print to DWF.
Over time Acad.exe uses up more and more memory. Is there a way to free up
that memory without restarting AutoCAD?

Thanks in advance,
Rogue

[Anonymous]

Though my reply will be of no help, let me assure you that it is not
something you are doing wrong. At Buzzsaw we tried to use AutoCAD to serve
up PNG images of DWG files, a la MapQuest, and AutoCAD did the same thing
for us. The new Buzzsaw (aka ProjectPoint) has an index server that indexes
the contents of drawings as they are uploaded to the server. We were able to
get ObjectDBX to run on a server for this purpose, but not AutoCAD.

"RogueDrafter" wrote in message
news:2FBD7732F17DB1C5C312B9742E8C2353@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I batch process 3000 DWF maps once a month using AcadMap 2000 and VBA on
an
> NT4 1.5G machine with 1GIG RAM. To make a long story short the machine
> eventually runs out of memory and Acad freezes up. The basic process is
to
> open my template DWG containing the title block, layout, and plot config.
I
> use Map functions to query in the map components. Then I print to DWF.
> Over time Acad.exe uses up more and more memory. Is there a way to free
up
> that memory without restarting AutoCAD?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rogue
>
>

[Anonymous]

Thank you for input!!!

"Scott Sheppard" wrote in message
news:C51AC7117DDD9D4C8F7D90B5F80E0988@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Though my reply will be of no help, let me assure you that it is not
> something you are doing wrong. At Buzzsaw we tried to use AutoCAD to serve
> up PNG images of DWG files, a la MapQuest, and AutoCAD did the same thing
> for us. The new Buzzsaw (aka ProjectPoint) has an index server that
indexes
> the contents of drawings as they are uploaded to the server. We were able
to
> get ObjectDBX to run on a server for this purpose, but not AutoCAD.
>
> "RogueDrafter" wrote in message
> news:2FBD7732F17DB1C5C312B9742E8C2353@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I batch process 3000 DWF maps once a month using AcadMap 2000 and VBA on
> an
> > NT4 1.5G machine with 1GIG RAM. To make a long story short the machine
> > eventually runs out of memory and Acad freezes up. The basic process is
> to
> > open my template DWG containing the title block, layout, and plot
config.
> I
> > use Map functions to query in the map components. Then I print to DWF.
> > Over time Acad.exe uses up more and more memory. Is there a way to free
> up
> > that memory without restarting AutoCAD?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Rogue
> >
> >
>
>