Plot Object (ActiveX)

The set of methods and properties used for plotting layouts.

Supported Platforms: Windows only

Class Information

Class Name

AcadPlot

Object Inheritance

Object
   AcadPlot

Create Using

VBA

Not applicable

Access Via

VBA

Document.Plot

Members

These members are part of this object:

Methods	Properties	Events
DisplayPlotPreview PlotToDevice PlotToFile SetLayoutsToPlot StartBatchMode	Application BatchPlotProgress NumberOfCopies QuietErrorMode	None

Remarks

This object contains the methods and properties that initiate a plot of specified layouts. You can choose to:

• Display a plot preview
• Plot to a file
• Plot to a plot device

To plot in the foreground using VBA, you must set the BACKGROUNDPLOT system variable to 0. Otherwise, plotting occurs in the background.

To specify the layouts to plot, use the SetLayoutsToPlot method. This method must be called before each PlotToDevice or PlotToFile method. If SetLayoutsToPlot is not called, or is called with a NULL input, the active layout will be plotted.

The NumberOfCopies property specifies the number of copies to plot. If this property is not reset before each PlotToDevice call, the last value specified in the NumberOfCopies property will be used.

You cannot create a configured plotter (PC3) file using ActiveX. To create a PC3 file, use the Add-a-Plotter wizard in AutoCAD. If you want to use a PC3 file for plotting, the file should be located in the Plotters folder. For more information, see the AutoCAD user documentation.