Batch Plot Utility prompt for save dialog

The problem I'm having is that I need to be able to disable the save dialog box for batch plotting. Otherwise someone would have to sit and close the dialog box after every drawing has been opened by the batch utility.

I am trying to do a large batch plot with 20 drawings that have anywhere from 1 to 70 layouts in them. In the batch utility I have listed all the drawings and their layout tabs so that they plot in the correct order. They are each listed as a drawing (the plotting order is another issue).

I have already tried the following: PLQUIET set to <1>, FILEDIA set to <0>, CMDDIA set to <0>. If it makes a difference we are running on Auto Cad 2000 and LDD 2. Thanks to anyone who has the answer to this dilemma.

 

You might consider trying a 3rd party application.
M8Tools.com has two programs (AutoM8 an d PlotM8) that let you batch
plot to a printer/plotter and/or a plot file.
Each has a plot dialog interface that closely resembles AutoCAD's own
plot dialog box.
We have full demos available for download and full product descriptions
there also.
AutoM8 has 3 batch options, Change, Plot or Purge.
PlotM8 only batch plots.
These programs are shareware and start at U.S$35.00.

Thanks for your time.

Craig

 

Hello,

You should not be getting the save dialog box.

All batch programs should take into account that you are only plotting the
drawing and therefore have not made any changes to it.

That is what the AutoCAD batch plot does.

Which one are you using.

Patrick
http://www.multi-batch.com/
For your entire batch processing needs

 

Thanks for your reply Patrick.

We are using the AutoCad batch plot utility that came with AutoCad 2000 and it is version 1.0.0.