John Scheffel
02-18-2003, 10:52 AM
I just discovered some odd behavior when plotting Annotation drawings from Drafting 11.6. When you load Annotation drawings with multiple sheets, you can now view and work on one sheet at a time. This version also includes some Annotation menus which allow you to modify the drawings without losing associativity. This is a nice improvement in handling of Annotation drawings.
However, if you plot the drawing it will plot all the sheets overlaid on top of each, similar to how they appeared in the viewport in previous versions. This will happen if you use the Output/All (ALL) or Box (TWO_PTS) options, even if you set the Current Show (AS_DISPLAYED) option. The only method I have found which plots only the current sheet is to set Output/Viewport (CURRENT_WINDOW).
Although the Viewport method will allow people to plot the current sheet, this is not obvious and the plotting behavior can be confusing for people who load Annotation drawings into Drafting and are still adjusting to the new Annotation support.
So the enhancement request is better support of plotting multiple sheet drawings in Drafting. I'm not sure of the best way to do this, but an Output/Sheet option which plots only the current sheet would be less confusing. Beyond this, it would be nice if the Output/All option plotted all the sheets one page per sheet. Some method of plotting selected sheets in one shot might also be useful.
However, if you plot the drawing it will plot all the sheets overlaid on top of each, similar to how they appeared in the viewport in previous versions. This will happen if you use the Output/All (ALL) or Box (TWO_PTS) options, even if you set the Current Show (AS_DISPLAYED) option. The only method I have found which plots only the current sheet is to set Output/Viewport (CURRENT_WINDOW).
Although the Viewport method will allow people to plot the current sheet, this is not obvious and the plotting behavior can be confusing for people who load Annotation drawings into Drafting and are still adjusting to the new Annotation support.
So the enhancement request is better support of plotting multiple sheet drawings in Drafting. I'm not sure of the best way to do this, but an Output/Sheet option which plots only the current sheet would be less confusing. Beyond this, it would be nice if the Output/All option plotted all the sheets one page per sheet. Some method of plotting selected sheets in one shot might also be useful.