Application Notes for Autodesk Building Systems

Monday, July 02, 2007 

CAD Tip of the Week: Plot Here

Topic: CAD Tip to easily launch plotter software using file browsing windows. See customization code required to accomplish this below.

PLOT HERE

Browse to any directory containing plot files using Windows Explorer, then right click on the directory and select 'Plot Here' from the context menu. This will start Kip Request using the selected directory as the initial location.

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Note that this also works within AutoCAD file-related dialog boxes, such as File Open:

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(code required to accomplish this to follow...)

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