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PagePlotter              (c) Bret Young 1993

                            Midnight CadWare
                            fax 408-249-3435


PagePlotter automates plotting of multiple
pages from within a single drawing file.

If you plot your drawings on A size paper
(laser printer) or send your drawings via
fax/modem directly from your computer, then
construct your drawing such that each 'page'
to be plotted is surrounded by a block.  Then
load and run PagePlotter.  A sample page
block is included with PagePlotter.

\PgPltr
From here, you can specify

Current Plotter:
   Which configured plotter do you want to
   plot to?

   NOTE:
   To plot to a file, the plotter name must
   contain "File" in it's description.  To
   plot directly to a device, the plotter
   name cannot contain "File" in it's
   description.

   To enable use of PCXREV (to invert
   AutoCAD's PCX colors) the plotter name
   must contain "PCX" or "FAX" in it's
   description.

Page Name:
   What is the name of the block that
   surrounds each 'page' (you must insert
   this block around each page you want
   plotted)

Plot File Name
   Enter the name of the files to direct plot
   output to if you are plotting to a file.

   The default format is #-# which shows
   total number of pages - page number.

   If a file name is entered, only the first
   5 characters are used.  The remaining 3
   characters are used for the page #'s.

Pick pages to plot
   Allows selection of which pages to plot.
   Uses standard AutoCAD selection set
   commands to select which pages to plot.
   Default plots all pages.

   Note that if entities selected aren't
   blocks with the same name as defined by
   Page Name above, they are discarded

Defaults
   If viewports exist, then the drawing will
   be placed in paperspace and all layers
   containing viewports will be turned off
   prior to plotting.

   If QText mode is on, then it will be
   turned off, and all viewports regenerated
   prior to plotting.

   Layers turned off and QText mode will be
   returned to their original state when
   PGPLTR exits.  If the drawing was in
   model space, and paper space viewports
   exist, the drawing will not be returned
   to model space.

CMDDIA
   If the CMDDIA variable is set to 0, then
   PGPLTR assumes the block surrounding each
   page to be plotted is named "page" and
   allows you to select which of these blocks
   is to be printed to the present default
   printer.  No dialog boxes appear.  (Note,
   no change of plotter, block name, or file
   name is possible.  Automatic installation
   of the FaxFile Plotter is not possible

NOTE:
   Some features are not available with the
   unregistered version.

\SelectPlotter
Select the plotter you want to plot to.  If
the one you want is not listed, then use the
AutoCAD Config command to add it, then re-run
PagePlotter and re-initilize the PgPltr
configuration file (Re-Init on the previous
dialog box, bottom right).

To plot to a file, the plotter name (as
defined via 'config') must contain "File" in
it's description.  Conversely, to plot
directly to a printer, do not include the
word "File" in the plotter description

AutoCAD R12_c2 PCX raster output plots light
vectors on a black background (not faxable).
To enable use of PagePlotter's associated
PCXREV color inverter, the word PCX or FAX
must be included in the configured
description.

If you don't already have a plotter with a
name containing "PCX" or "FAX", just select
"Install FAX File Plotter".  A PCX plot to
file configuration will be added.

\SelectBlock
You should have surrounded parts or all of
your drawing with a block.  If the block name
"PAGE" is found, it is used as the default. A
different block can be selected from here as
well.  Only one block name can be used per
plot session.

PagePlotter finds the lower left and upper
right extremities of this block and plots
everyting in the window between these two
points.  You can scale the block and have
multiple insertion points, but you cannot
rotate the block.

\Rgstr
When you register your copy of PagePlotter,
you'll receive a password to make it fully
functional.  Enter the password here.

If you haven't registered, you can use
PagePlotter to plot one page from your
drawing to determine if it meets your needs.

If you like the program, you can make it
fully functional by sending your check for
$10 made out to Bret Young, along with your
AutoCAD serial number to:

                Bret Young
              1081 Lorne Way
            Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Include a phone number, fax number or self
addressed stamped envelope to receive your
registration password.

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