How do I get command dialog box through lisp.

[Timothy_BrooksU4G6R]

Autocad has a few commands that automatically calls a dialog box like; plot, style and etc. However, when I call one of these commands via lisp (command “plot”) I don’t get dialog version, I get the text version like: -plot.

So I wrote lisp routine to setup plot setting, at the end of lisp routine I want to call up the normal plot dialog box, but I don’t know how to call that.

Any advice?

[ВeekeeCZ]

Use (initdia) before (command "plot")

[Timothy_BrooksU4G6R]

surprisingly simple, thanks

[paullimapa]

and here's another way:

(vla-sendcommand(vla-get-activedocument(vlax-get-acad-object))"_.Plot\r")

[Sea-Haven]

Do you really need to call Plot dialogue or just use a plot lisp ?

    (COMMAND "-PLOT"  "Y"  "" "Plot To PDF"
	       "Iso full bleed A3 (420.00 x 297.00 MM)" "m" "LANDSCAPE"  "N"   "W"  "-6,-6" "807,560" "1=2"  "C"
	       "y" "Acad.ctb" "Y"	"n" "n" "n" pdfName "N" "y"
    )

You can make your own small dcl to set say some relevant values.