topic Re: Plot area problem in Modeling

Plot area problem

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:22:47 GMT

hello everyone!
i have a problem when i plot sth. when i have to make a plt file i cannot select which part of the floor plan i want to plot. for example i have two buildings in one plan and i want to print only one of them.
in the print dialog box i can select to print the marquee area or the current view, its better.
can anyone tell me if this is in plotting too?
thanks

Re: Plot area problem

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:07:57 GMT

Vivi,
I guess you are ploting staight from archicad?
use the layout book instead and you'll be able to print only what you want rather than the whole drawing area.
hope this helps

Re: Plot area problem

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:12:31 GMT

what is this layout book?
does it have to do with plot maker?

Re: Plot area problem

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:56:18 GMT

yes, plotmaker creates/uses a layout book which contains your drawings either as pmk files saved from archicad or as straight links from the model into plotmaker using viewsets.
print/plot from plotmaker rather than using the marquee on the floor plan in archicad to print/plot.
as far as i know you cannot use the marquee to define an area to plot.... only to print.

Re: Plot area problem

Steve Jepson — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:53:18 GMT

WENDY_NEVERLAND

What version of Archicad are you using?

Re: Plot area problem

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:26:51 GMT

Steve wrote:
WENDY_NEVERLAND

What version of Archicad are you using?

im using archicad 10 but i have installed the v.9 too. i remember in v.9 that program plot maker, but in v.10 there isnt

Re: Plot area problem

David Maudlin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:01:16 GMT

Vivi:

In ArchiCAD 10, ArchiCAD & PlotMaker have been combined, take a look at the 01 ArchiCAD 10 New Features Guide.pdf.

David

Re: Plot area problem

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:02:58 GMT

regardless of version, it's still called a layout book...