Using AcCoreCosole.exe to Plot/Publish multiple layouts to a single .pdf

[Anonymous]

First and Foremost please direct me to the proper forum if this is in the wrong place!

Secondly, I am not an AutoCAD user so my experience is novice at best.

The goal of what we are trying to accomplish is to convert a drawing to .pdf using acConsole by taking the following steps:

Copy file to local filesystem folder Working on "server" where AutoCAD 2019 is installed. 

Execute ACCORECONSOLE.EXE

Pass .SCR file and the Path\FileName

The output of the Publish/Plot to .Pdf command is placed into the Completed folder 

This process works great as long as we have the correct scale settings and if we only have a drawing with a single layer/page.

This becomes problematic when we have a drawing that has multiple pages or a model. etc.

When we try to execute the Publish command to get a single .pdf it does work interactively using the user interface in AutoCad, however it seems to take at least '10 times' (subjective) longer than Plotting each page to a single .pdf.  We test our commands that are called using the actual AutoCAD software then we use them with ACCONSOLE.EXE

So now here are the questions:

1. Is it possible to execute a publish multisheet drawing to pdf with our .scr file that we use for Plotting? if so, how?
2. Is there a way to interrogate a .dwg file to determine if it has multi-sheets or not?
3. Is there a faster way to convert the multi-sheet drawings to .pdf.  Right now with single pages we do it in 1-2 seconds vs using plot/publish which seems to take minutes to complete

Providing this link is useless:

How to publish multiple drawings into PDF in AutoCAD

If this is in the wrong forum please provide guidance

[natasha.l]

Hello @Anonymous, 

Autodesk does not support Plotting from Core Console & it seems it will not likely function with AutoCAD 2019. 

Using AcCoreConsole with .NET DLLs

Getting started with AccoreConsole

Please "Accept Solution" if a reply or replies have helped resolve the issue or answered your question, to help others in the community.

[JTBWorld · Accepted solution]

Yes, it is possible to publish multiple layouts to a single PDF with AcCoreConsole.exe. You need to use the -PUBLISH command and have a DSD file prepared to use with it. If you need any help feel free to contact us.

[cadffm]

>" it seems to take at least '10 times' (subjective) longer"

Are you sure that your publish is not set to background service (and plot not)?

Options/Plot & Publish/ Background processing options...

or just variable BACKGROUNDPLOT

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the help! We will check