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Can Plotmaker generate a drawing list?

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:37:39 GMT

Can Plotmaker automatically generate and update a drawing list to place on your cover sheet from the layouts/ sheets in the layout book? I am using PM9. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Can Plotmaker generate a drawing list?

Steve Jepson — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:38:30 GMT

No.

I am hopeing someone will say "Yes it can!" and prove me wrong.

Re: Can Plotmaker generate a drawing list?

Thomas Holm — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:46:08 GMT

This is on the wishlist.

Re: Can Plotmaker generate a drawing list?

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:18:32 GMT

Thomas wrote:
This is on the wishlist.

...and, for a long time!

woodster

Re: Can Plotmaker generate a drawing list?

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:51:34 GMT

And doesn't it seem so fundamental!!!

Re: Can Plotmaker generate a drawing list?

TomWaltz — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:30:30 GMT

Especially when you can SEE it on the Navigator?

Re: Can Plotmaker generate a drawing list?

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:37:50 GMT

oconnor wrote:
Can Plotmaker automatically generate and update a drawing list to place on your cover sheet from the layouts/ sheets in the layout book? I am using PM9. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Tipp:
1st Method:
1. Open your *.lbk file and via publisher save all needed sets into a file(for example *.PDF).
2. go to >>>Options Menu>Preferences>Publisher<<< and click on "Show the log file".
3. Now you can copy Index for layouts and past to Excel for example.

The problem that you have with this method is that in .log file you have only layout names, but not real folder structure. That's means that folder/subfolder names failed.

2nd Method:
If you need also folder/subfolder names and do not want print they manualy, then here is a 2nd method:

1. Open your *.lbk file
2. open publisher
3. create "view set" that will be published and for that you need drawing list.
4. Press the "View set publishing properties" button
5. From the "publishing method" list choose "Print"
6. check on the "Print set structure sheet first" and press OK
7. Press Publish (be shure that Print Preview option is on)
8. After print preview window apears save the index sheet as image.
9. now use FindeReader for example to recognize text in image file.
that's all 😉

While 2nd method is too "hard" , I'm trying to find program for 3th Method.
So I know that publishing layouts in to image files creats they all in diferent folders according lbk structure. That's means that we can explore "lbk" in WindowsExplorer. So if find any program that saves Folder directory tree with all subfolders and files as *.txt file that's will be 3th method.