It has happened to us also. I wish I could send a sample drawing, but
federal limitations prevent me. Drawings that were nearly identical with
regard to # of PViewports/XRefs/clipped XRefs would go fast, and 1 or 2
would just chug. Didn't matter if we rebooted and ran just the one, it would
still crawl.
--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com
"Brian Mathews" wrote in message
news:A16A3961C1409D67FA5A0248BB8FC6AB@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
| Something is odd here. Since your files are big and since you can't post
50
| megs to a newsgroup, how about we use Buzzsaw ProjectPoint to get the
files
| to me. I haven't ever seen a 30 minute plot from Acad to DWF.
|
| I'll send a Buzzsaw invite to you and you can upload to my Buzzsaw
account.
|
| Since you have AutoCAD 2002 you can use the DWF Creator PUBLISH command
| (http://www.autodesk.com/dwfcreator). It generates DWF 6 files, which you
| said you aren't interested in. Even if you aren't going to use it for
| production, you owe it to yourself to check it out-- it really makes
| publishing entire plot sets far easier since you can literally drag and
drop
| entire directories of DWG files into it, set the print order, and then
save
| away the plot-project definition for future publishing. Once you've
defined
| your plot-project, making the DWF file involves a single click and you can
| walk away and let it churn on all 300 sheets from 40 DWG's or whatever.
|
| Expect a Buzzsaw invite email you can use to upload samples...
|
| --
| -Brian Mathews
| Autodesk, Inc.
| brian.mathews@autodesk.com
|
|
|
| "Jorge Z" wrote in message
| news:00381D757AE46FCC96DDE85F73292F34@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
| > Brian,
| > Correct on the priting problems.. They were from Acad, to dwf. We
have
| > used all 3 .pc3's that come with Acad 2002. All with the same result of
30
| > min dwf prints. I have tried every print setting on those .pc3's. I.E.
| "not
| > including/including layer info", "lower resolution/higher resolution",
| > "compressed/uncompressed binary", you name it. The ones that cause us
the
| > most problems are track "plan and profile" & "Grading and draingage"
| sheets.
| > However, those also vary. Some sheets might take 6 min, while others 40.
| > Knowing this, i tried auditing and purging all sheets before printing,
but
| > still the same result.
| >
| > As for the specs of those. Both have only 2 viewports, around 16
| xrefs,
| > and all have xclip boundarys in model space for the area that the 2
vports
| > cover.
| >
| > I would send them over to you but that would mean sending you our
| entire
| > project with well over 50 megs for 1 cut sheet including xrefs. I could
| > modify the xrefs and only show the portion needed for the cutsheet, but
my
| > guess it that it would modify the timing of the dwf print process. I
| havent
| > checked this yet, but i will and follow up on this newsgroup board to
see
| if
| > this helps the timing issue.
| >
| > Also, we have yet to use the "PUBLISH" command to print dwfs. We
| always
| > use "plot" then use our "page setup" for dwf's. I will try this command
on
| > our plots, that take 30+, to see if it helps.
| >
| > Another thing is that all these dwg files are being saved as R14
| release
| > and we're using Acad2002 to use. Although i dont think this would be an
| > issue as I've tryed upgrading all files to 2000 format and printing
those
| > with the same end result.
| >
| > I've also installed the dwf6 eplot.pc3 into my system. But havent used
it
| in
| > this project since our entire client base on buzzsaw wont have to
upgrade
| > their volo view app to view this new format. Well... with all that said,
| > I'll keep you posted and thanks for the quick responce.
| >
| > Jorge
| >
| > "Brian Mathews" wrote in message
| > news:CEACE197473A75A32E070DD17B5C19BA@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
| > > I'm glad this is solving your problem, but caution is advised. This
| > product
| > > was only tested with (and is only supported for) the Revit product.
| > People
| > > on the Revit newsgroup have been saying they have had good success
with
| > > other applications but there are some known issues when running it
with
| > > anything but Revit. Please view your DWFs to make sure they contain
| what
| > > they should before sending them to someone.
| > >
| > > A future DWFwriter release will expand the testing and support for
other
| > CAD
| > > applications and will address many of the open issues.
| > >
| > > One other caution: Because the DWFwriter gets its graphics from the
| > > operating system GDI interface and not directly from the CAD
| application's
| > > database, many vector items get converted into image rasters. That's
| fine
| > > for viewing, but can cause long print times when printing to large
| format
| > > paper. It can also make it near impossible to do measurements and
| redline
| > > snapping (such as with the Volo View 3 product). You'll find that the
| > next
| > > version of AEV will print images faster, but never as fast as vectors.
| > [AEV
| > > Beta users: the AEV 4 beta has not yet been updated with the faster
| raster
| > > printing improvement. It will be in the next beta drop.]
| > >
| > > I'm curious why your print times are faster with the DWFwriter than
| > whatever
| > > method you were previously using. I was thinking your weekend plot
| > problems
| > > were with printing the DWF files to paper using AEV. I didn't realize
| > that
| > > your print problems were with creating the DWF files in the first
place
| > from
| > > AutoCAD. That doesn't seem right to me. We know of some print
| > performance
| > > issues from AEV to paper, but not with AutoCAD to DWF.
| > >
| > > Would it be possible for you to send me a file that is taking 30
minutes
| > to
| > > print to DWF from AutoCAD? Can you tell me specifically what version
of
| > > Acad you are using and which printer driver you are selecting and what
| > print
| > > settings you have?
| > >
| > > Normally DWFwriter would be slower to print than going through
AutoCAD's
| > > PUBLISH command since your drawing first has to go through the Acad
Plot
| > > pipeline, then through GDI, then through DWFwriter. The PUBLISH
command
| > > only involves the plot pipe and the DWF toolkit and should be faster.
| > >
| > > --
| > > -Brian Mathews
| > > Autodesk, Inc.
| > > brian.mathews@autodesk.com
| > >
| > > "Jorge Z" wrote in message
| > > news:1C7862868F49D0F0DEF2BB66A9679B95@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
| > > > http://revit.autodesk.com/EN/5_1/DownloadEN5_1.htm
| > > >
| > > > Thats the link to slove most of my dwf problems. 30 min dwf prints
now
| > > take
| > > > less than 40 seconds.
| > > >
| > > > Autodesk Revit DWFwriter 1.0
| > > > This little 2 meg app adds a dwf printer driver to use in any app on
| > your
| > > > pc. Microstation, Excel, Word, the works. And its free!!!! Thanks
| > > autodesk,
| > > > know i just have to test it via batch plotting and i'll be a happy
| > camper.
| > > >
| > > > Happy printing folks! I think i just got my weekends back.
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > --
| > > > Jorge Zamora
| > > > CADD Support/Lisp Programer
| > > > http://www.cadgodtools.com
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|
