Because i hate Plotmaker!!!

[Anonymous]

As the title say because i don't like PM i made this gdl object to help me print from AC
This object is like a paper in the floor plan
You select a default paper size (A0 A1 A2 A3 A4) or the custom (you can then type your own paper size) choose the print scale, the margins of the paper and the pen of the frame.
Use the marque tool to choose the outer frame or the inner frame and print
(if your printer already have margins you better choose the inner frame)
You can also use it just to see what kind of paper you will need depending on the print scale
Hope some people like to use it, so here it is
Feel free to change the object

[Anonymous]

No comments!!!

[Dwight]

You'll have to get used to that kind of treatment.

Getting no thanks.


I will download your drawing frame.

Thank you - and thank you on behalf of the five guys before me.

[Richard Morrison]

I think the compression format is one that many will have trouble opening. (I, myself, don't have a program to unarchive it.) It's not very common for the average person. I think if you used .ZIP or .SIT, more would be able to enjoy this.

[Dwight]

True. The rar format is used for segmented avi files, and we know where they come from.

For Mac you need UnRarX to decompress.

[Anonymous]

Dwight wrote:
You'll have to get used to that kind of treatment.

Getting no thanks.


I will download your drawing frame.

Thank you - and thank you on behalf of the five guys before me.

No i don't mean to thank me, although it will be very nice (you know ,tell me "great work miker" )
I only want to tell me if the object works on your machine
I also change it from rar to zip

[Petros Ioannou]

Well done Miker!
but...Why do you hate Plotmaker??

Petros

[Anonymous]

Because i don't have the edit capability i have with AC and that makes me really angry sometimes.
When i import a *.pmk file in PM the layers are a mess the pen are mixed
and i have to fix the whole drawing from the beginning.
Just to make things clear, I don't have any experience in PM
And i don't have the interest to learn it.
I also create another object that works like the tablet we use for project/owner name/place/scale/date and other infos ,so no need of PM

[TomWaltz]

miker wrote:
Because i don't have the edit capability i have with AC and that makes me really angry sometimes.
When i import a *.pmk file in PM the layers are a mess the pen are mixed
and i have to fix the whole drawing from the beginning.
Just to make things clear, I don't have any experience in PM
And i don't have the interest to learn it.
I also create another object that works like the tablet we use for project/owner name/place/scale/date and other infos ,so no need of PM

It sounds more like you need to change what you are doing on the Archicad end in order to get what you want out of Plotmaker. The pens and Layers should not require any editing at all in Plotmaker. Trust me, I've got 25 people here doing it all day long.

[Anonymous]

I know that if i spend some hours, play around with PM, am going to learn it but i don't have the interest to do it now
And if it's true what they say about PM in AC 10 (it's going to be all in one)...
Of course it will be a great help any previous experience but i'll wait until then
Thank for your advise