How to print several drawings automatically?

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone!

I'd like to be guided by your experience to solve my issue. I'd like to divide it into several parts.

1. How to print several DWG files to PDF which are situated in the same directory, all of them are A4-sized, names of PDF files suit names of DWG files and have common corner, for example (0,0)?

2. Similarly as previous point but drawings are situated in a single DWG file, but individual drawings are moved at the distance equals for example 50. Referring to name of PDF files - which variant is possible or easier - names of files are taken from the XLS file or from the title block for every single drawing? How that tool could check amount of drawings? Number of not empty rows in XLS file determinates it clearly, but how about second variant?

3. Is it possible to create such tools working also with A3-sized sheets or bigger?

If these issues have been already talked over please indicate relevant topics.

[Jonathan.Trostad]

Hi,

Several of these issues are solved by using the Sheet Set Manager (SSM). It's included in Vanilla AutoCAD, so chances are you already have it. It does take a bit of set-up, since you nedd to be using Paper-space layouts,(and it sounds like you might not be) but it's well worth the effort. Link below:

SSM

Hope that helps! 

[maratovich]

No problems.
This is solved with the help of an additional program.
All your questions can be done.
Try the program for printing:

Revers - Automatic batch printing a multiple format (rectangles, frames) of model space and layouts....
https://www.kdmsoft.net/revers.html
If you have any questions, please write. And attach an example file.

[Anonymous]

I installed Revers and it seems to be complex tool. However, I have initial problem. When I added 4 A4 elements by means of "Selection windows", program added these elements, but there's no printer. When I clicked in "Print" column, attached windows has appeared. What's the problem?

[maratovich]

You need to specify in the Template window which printer to print:

[Anonymous]

Any other ideas? I'd like to use free tools. Please confirm is it possible to create macro. Logically, it could be easier to create simple program than creating new Layouts for every single drawings. It could have step like:

- insert Range in Model which you want to print first

- insert horizontal/vertical distance to left corner of next drawing

- insert how many drawings you have there

- choose location for new PDF files

Is it hard to create such macro?