How to remove -Model from PDF names.

[David_Monnens]

I do a lot of batch processing of Autocad drawings, to save time is there a way to remove -Model from the pdf names? I would just like to plot is as the drawing name. It takes a long time to remove -Model from every single pdf before or after it is batch processed. I know there are 3rd party apps that can do this for me but IT will not allow them to be installed. Thanks! 

[Patchy]

Use DOS rename, there are many tutorials on the web.

Back to the old CMD command.

[pendean]

If you only use PLOT command, you will need to manually rename the output files or develop a lisp to do the work for you. You can find these lisp routines all over the web and in the dedicated LISP forum too, help yourself with a search https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-customization/ct-p/AutoCADTopic1

If you use PUBLISH command, you can rename (and save for future reuse) the output there. But you crippled yourself by only using modelspace for plotting I gather, so that built-in tool is probably limited in help you out. But give it a try though, you never know. We all use paperspace 20+years since its introduction and we automate well with PUBLISH and SSM tools that are built-in.

Or, as you noted, ask your IT for a Windows based file renaming app to use all the time after file creation.

[natasha.l]

Hello @David_Monnens, 

By default it will use the file name  unless you >change the default<. Please select the Sheet Name > Right-click > Rename Sheet.  

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