Autocad plotting problems
Autocad plotting problems
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In Autocad 2007, I seem to have problems when plotting a drawing off our network - it usually crashes the program. with a fatal error message and fails to plot.
However, if I save the drawing to my c: drive before I plot, then it will plot OK and no errors. I feel it might be something to do with Autocad trying to write log files back to the network drive, though I have turned off all the plot logging I can find. Any othter advice would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
However, if I save the drawing to my c: drive before I plot, then it will plot OK and no errors. I feel it might be something to do with Autocad trying to write log files back to the network drive, though I have turned off all the plot logging I can find. Any othter advice would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance.





RE: Autocad plotting problems
Make sure you have all the latest and greatest service packs installed, but I suspect this has something more to do with your network than AutoCAD.
The other thing to change is where AutoCAD writes it's temporary files. I always create a directory underneath the AutoCAD install directory called AcadTemp. I tell AutoCAD to place all temporary files; (Automatic saves, Temporary Drawing File Location, and Temporary External Reference File Location).
HTH
Todd
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Just new here and saw this problem issue when trying to solve another. My job is to keep plotters and servers running here at work, and we had this similar problem with our Kipstar plotters together with long paths.
The command "FULLPLOTPATH" set to "0" solved our problem.
Basically what it seems to do is send nothing but the filename as plotinfo. That way the path won't matter.
Hope it helps.
Geironimo
RE: Autocad plotting problems
I've set the variable to 0, so this should cure all future problems.
Many thanks for this. - a big help!