topic Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE in Documentation

MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 11:44:52 GMT

I HATE ARCHICAD WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO PUBLISH/PRINT/PRODUCE ANYHTHING. ITS SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS TO HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH 10 WINDOWS AND 4 DIFFRENT MENU SYSTEMS JUST TO GET A DAMN FILE TO PRINT. ITS BULLSHIT AND IT FUCKING SUCKS.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Richard Morrison — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:33:13 GMT

Many people feel the same way about reading posts that are in all caps.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:36:18 GMT

Richard wrote:
Many people feel the same way about reading posts that are in all caps.

gee thanks for your really helpful response. im so glad youve now solved all my problems.

dont reply if youve got nothing useful to say.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

TomWaltz — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:51:13 GMT

slothdog wrote:
I HATE ARCHICAD WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO PUBLISH/PRINT/PRODUCE ANYHTHING. ITS SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS TO HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH 10 WINDOWS AND 4 DIFFRENT MENU SYSTEMS JUST TO GET A [censored] FILE TO PRINT. ITS [censored] AND IT [censored] SUCKS.

Really? I find it's pretty easy to use.

What problems are you having? Perhaps putting that energy into an intelligent question would help....

If all you want is to print, may I suggest the "Print" command?

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

TomWaltz — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:52:09 GMT

slothdog wrote:
[dont reply if youve got nothing useful to say.

Good advice. You should try it some time.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Dwight — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:38:06 GMT

Drinker.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:36:46 GMT

I find publisher reasonably easy to use. Granted, there are tabs you need to check every time for file format and saved location etc, that would make sense to be together, and sometimes the translators don't quite give you the results you expect (or maybe I don't expect the results I get?), but that's Archicad, and that's why we love it.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Dwight — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:43:26 GMT

And it certainly is an improvement from before.
As with all Archicad functions, they require rigorous management and lack certain obvious presets.

Until ready to observe these contraints, revert to simple views, marquees and title block objects for simplified view management.

I use the simple method since I rarely publish more than three or four drawings/views at once.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

TomWaltz — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:56:38 GMT

I'm on the opposite extreme. I routinely send out 35 PDFs at a time or 12 DWG files. Spending 15 minutes setting up a Publisher Set for each pays off big time!

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:51:24 GMT

The biggerst problem is that you cannot select multiple pages to give the same properties too. Sucks having to set each page up individually in a 35 page document only to find out when you print you missed one.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

TomWaltz — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:54:31 GMT

Jeffe' wrote:
The biggerst problem is that you cannot select multiple pages to give the same properties too. Sucks having to set each page up individually in a 35 page document only to find out when you print you missed one.

You can't? Why not? I do it all the time.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Laura Yanoviak — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:02:26 GMT

Jeffe' wrote:
The biggerst problem is that you cannot select multiple pages to give the same properties too. Sucks having to set each page up individually in a 35 page document only to find out when you print you missed one.

Jeffe' -- you need to create a "master folder" within the Publishing Set and place your "pages" in it -- then you only have to set the properties of the master folder and all included "pages" will be in sync.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Link — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:19:16 GMT

Laura wrote:
Jeffe' wrote:
The biggerst problem is that you cannot select multiple pages to give the same properties too. Sucks having to set each page up individually in a 35 page document only to find out when you print you missed one.
Jeffe' -- you need to create a "master folder" within the Publishing Set and place your "pages" in it -- then you only have to set the properties of the master folder and all included "pages" will be in sync.

Indeed, it actually only needs one item in it before the format can be set. Hopefully this will be eliminated in the future, so that we can set the format of a completely empty folder.

The key is to use the Add Shortcut>>> button in the Organizer which effectively clones the folder into the Publisher set. That should eliminate any missing documents.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:01:11 GMT

Thanks all. Makeing a folder in the publisher set works like it is supposed to. Just another step that seems unecessary.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Djordje — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:53:26 GMT

Jeffe' wrote:
Thanks all. Makeing a folder in the publisher set works like it is supposed to. Just another step that seems unecessary.

Seems is the key word 😉

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:00:23 GMT

Archicad 9 was a pain in the ass to print correctly (saving into .plt) and until I finally got the hang of it. Then I upgraded to v10 only, to my horror, find out they ve changed the procedure. I haven't needed to use the Plot command yet, thank God, but I will be soon. And I hope it makes sense this time or you might read some censoring from me too to steam off.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Djordje — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:13:08 GMT

konnos wrote:
Archicad 9 was a pain in the ass to print correctly (saving into .plt) and until I finally got the hang of it. Then I upgraded to v10 only, to my horror, find out they ve changed the procedure. I haven't needed to use the Plot command yet, thank God, but I will be soon. And I hope it makes sense this time or you might read some censoring from me too to steam off.

Frankly, saving to PLT is not a good idea at all - because the PLT format is a historical thing, a remnant from the actual pen plotter era, now good 10 years behind us.

Maybe you should rethink the procedure and use something more up to date?

And why plotting when you have printing?

Nothing has changed in the actual procedure, "except" the layout integration, therefore no separate PlotMaker. You can still have a separate file with the layouts only.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:58:46 GMT

It was just that I was in a really, really bad mood that day...
Thankfully gunpossession is illegal...

Yes I had to get into plotting yesterday and I was pleased to see that the basics havent changed and I can get up to speed pretty quickly.

The reason I'm using .plt is because I send my drawings to a photocopy shop. If you know of a better way perhaps you can let me know. It's fine once you know what you need to be doing with a little experimenting.

The bad thing is that I can't even get a preview print from my A4 laser (Kyosera FS-1010). Even selecting the printer from inside AC10 (or v9 for the matter) crashes ArchiCad instantly and sends me to the desktop. Can't be bothered to look into it.

But if you can think of a better way let me know.

Re: MAKE PUBLISHER EASIER TO USE

Djordje — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:02:51 GMT

konnos wrote:
The reason I'm using .plt is because I send my drawings to a photocopy shop. If you know of a better way perhaps you can let me know. It's fine once you know what you need to be doing with a little experimenting.

The obvious answer is PDF. However, that depends on whether your local shop wants to do it or not.

konnos wrote:
The bad thing is that I can't even get a preview print from my A4 laser (Kyosera FS-1010). Even selecting the printer from inside AC10 (or v9 for the matter) crashes ArchiCad instantly and sends me to the desktop. Can't be bothered to look into it.

The Bug Report starts and you fill it up and send it, right? Plus, you email your tech support with the ID of the Bug Report?

Or you can't be bothered? 😉

Check the printer drivers, and set another printer as default - let's say the Amyuni PDF. It could also be that the printer does not have enough memory.