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Article #144Re: Script or RTEXT for page numbering?
From: CLR
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:20
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:20
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It may not be the best option, but you could insert a small Excel object in each drawing and do all the numbering from an Excel file..........I do that for Authentication and Lot stamping batches of drawings...... Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "Jason" <jjimenez@kmob.com> wrote in message news:299059c6.0306111255.6be96cbd@posting.google.com... > I currently have 2 scripts that batch plot for me. One batch plots > with a date stamp(created with rtext). The other turns the dtae stamp > layer off then batch plots. I now want to have the page numbering done > for me. The way we do it now is by manually editing text. For example > if we have three drawings in a set we number each drawing(or page) > 1/3, 2/3 or 3/3. The problem is when we have a large set of drawings > (from 1 page to 50+) and then a new drawing is added, we have to > manually edit text in every drawing to reflect the new page numbering > (ex. 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4). What is the easiest solution? I'm not > even sure if rtext is capable of doing this but if it was it would > seem the easiest, I would just add it to my template. Any help in this > matter would be appreciated. > > BTW....every set of drawings is located in it's own specific > individual folder. > > Using Autocad 2002 and Windows 98. > > Thanks, > Jason >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 113d3b,9345c973e1d88cf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid113d3b,public X-Google-Thread: 115e7d,9345c973e1d88cf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid115e7d,public X-Google-Thread: 10e889,9345c973e1d88cf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e889,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-16 18:20:12 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!In.nntp.be!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.tampabay.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "CLR" <croberts@tampabay.rr.com> Newsgroups: comp.cad.autocad,alt.cad.autocad,autodesk.autocad.print-plot References: <299059c6.0306111255.6be96cbd@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Script or RTEXT for page numbering? Lines: 34 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: <f1uHa.71797$7n1.1435983@twister.tampabay.rr.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:20:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.28.52.182 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.tampabay.rr.com 1055812811 24.28.52.182 (Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:20:11 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:20:11 EDT Organization: RoadRunner - Tampa Bay