Plot stamp without dirtying the drawing

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to create a plotstamp on the border of the page without dirtying the drawing?  Most solutions I've seen on the forums involve an iProperty that is updated when saved, but this would dirty the drawing, so it isn't an option.  Also, we need our plot stamp to appear outside the titleblock.

Is this possible?  If so, could someone show me where to start?  I've done quite a bit of .NET Inventor addin development.  My users keep saying "make it work like AutoCAD".

[nmunro]

A current solution if you don't want to roll your own.

http://www.c3mcad.com/ProductPages/Drawing/ProductPlotStampPlus.aspx

[Anonymous]

I saw that, and I'm currently having an engineer test it.  However, I don't need all those settings, and we want to do this for about 50 people.  If it's simple to do, I'd rather just build my own.

[nmunro]

I'll assure you that it was not very simple. Send me an email (contact on site), we can work on a better deal.

[xiaodong_liang]

Hi,

If you add anything to the document, that would dirty the document. So, you would have to post-edit the exported image. i.e. export the drawing to an image or other format you prefer to. Next add the addtional content to the image by other software or other API. 

Another option would be a little tricky: if you are sure you add the stamp only (no matter adding a picture, a textbox, or anything else), you could add it and plot the drawing, next force Document.Dirty = false since you think it is NOT dirty from your perpective. But you would be on your own risk.

One more is: when you want to plot, make a copy of the current drawing, do anything on the copy drawing, after that, delete the copy.

[nmunro]

There are other ways <g>.

A new, simple version (Date +  optionl Time and/or User) is available if you don't need a lot of information in your stamp. http://www.c3mcad.com/ProductPages/Drawing/ProductTimeStamp.aspx. Should be in the exchange app store soon as well.