- Create a dwt file with the pageseup that you need (correct paper size and "None" printer). Name it REVIT.dwt. Save it in a folder that AutoCAD can find (if you don't know this then let me know).
- In the dwt, create a pagesetup like you did in your screencast. Name it 3042None. Save the file.
- Create LISP file with notepad, copy paste the code below in. Save it similar to step 1.
- Open you DWG. Appload 3042.lsp and type in: 3042 at the command prompt. It will import the 3042None pagesetup to the DWG.
- You can write a script to do it for multiple files. But I have forgotten how to do it so you have to ask someone else over AutoCAD forums.
This basically streamlines the process of importing a pagesetup from a template to a drawing. It is a little quicker than doing it via the Page Setup Manager. One thing that this cannot do is set the pagesetup as current.
To be honest, your client requirement is utterly ridiculous. With Publish (formerly known as Batch Plot) and Sheet Set Manager, assign a pagesetup to every drawing is entirely unnecessary.
LISP code:
(defun C:3042 ()
(setq olecho (getvar "cmdecho"))
(setvar "cmdecho" 0)
(setq expert (getvar "EXPERT"))(setvar "EXPERT" 2)
(vl-load-com)
(vlax-for page_set (vla-get-plotconfigurations (vla-get-activedocument
(vlax-get-acad-object)))
(vla-delete page_set))
(command "-PSETUPIN" "REVIT.dwt" "3042None")
(setvar "EXPERT" expert)
(setvar "cmdecho" olecho)
(princ)
)
