#DXFOUT include XREFs?!
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Is there any way to get the DXFOUT command in R11 to include XREFs? (Other
than binding the files). I have a third party program that prints ACAD to
postscript printers, but the first thing it does is DXFOUT the drawing,
then print the DXF file. It is much to time consuming to bind the files to
print, then delete the blocks again. Thanks in advance for the help!
Scott Turner
What's wrong with the Autocad Postscript driver?
peter, nothing is wrong with the PS driver that a substantial re-write
wouldn't cure. Althought, the PS langauge supports polyline-like closed
shapes, ACAD processes them as discontinuous line segments willy-nilly!
Re: What's wrong with Autocad Postcript driver. The main thing is that it
must be configured as your plotter (which it isn't) instead of as your
printer (which it is). They do not want to have to reconfigure Acad each
time they switch from their plotter to their Postscript laser. Also, they
still do a lot of work in R10, and the postscript driver in 10 is not
mature enough (to many unprintable files, which can get expensive with a
service bureau). Also, my client claims, and I have not verified, that the
R10 driver does not support color. I realize these are R10 problems and my
question pertained to R11, but we are trying to maintain some consistency
while using the two versions, such as only having to learn one way to plot,
and since this third party package is the only acceptable means we found
for R10, we are trying to use it in the R11 environment. Also, I can see
many situations where includeing XREFs in a DXFOUT will be necessary, and
binding, then unbinding the files is just to klunky.
Scott Turner