-PLOTSTAMP (Command)

Places a plot stamp on a specified corner of each drawing and logs it to a file.

You can use -PLOTSTAMP as part of a plotting script to modify plot stamp information for a drawing. The settings in the PSS file are displayed as defaults for each prompt.

The following prompts are displayed.

On

Turns on the plot stamp for the current drawing.

Off

Turns off the plot stamp for the current drawing.

Fields

Specifies the plot stamp field information you want to apply to the current plot stamp. Specify Yes or No at each of the following prompts:

• Stamp drawing name?
• Stamp layout name?
• Stamp date and time?
• Stamp login name?
• Stamp plot device name?
• Stamp paper size?
• Stamp plot scale?

User fields

Specifies the user-defined fields you want to apply to the current plot stamp at the following prompts:

• User field 1.
• User field 2.

Log file

Specifies writing the current plot stamp information to a log file rather than applying this information to the current plotted drawing.

Write plot stamp to log files?

Specify whether to create a log file for the plot stamp information.

Log file path

The default log file is plot.log, unless you specify another file path.

Location

Determines the location of the plot stamp on the page based on offset, orientation, and relationship to either the printable area or the border of the paper.

Location selections include and are relative to the printable area or the border of the paper, depending on what you specify at the prompt.

Stamp location

Specifies the location of the stamp file.

• Enter log file pat. The default log file is plot.log, unless you specify another file path.
• TL. Top Left
• TR. Top Right
• BL. Bottom Left
• BR. Bottom Right

Text orientation

Indicates the rotation angle of the plot stamp in relation to the page.

• Horizontal.
• Vertical.

Stamp upside-down

Specifies whether the plot stamp is upside-down (Yes) or right-side-up (No).

Plot stamp offset

Specifies the offset in X,Y format. Specifying an offset relative to the paper border calculates the offset values that you specify from the corner of the paper. Specifying an offset relative to the printable area calculates the offset values that you specify from the corner of the printable area.

Specify offset relative to

Specifies from which of the following options the drawing is offset.

• Paper border. Specifies the offset from the corner of the paper.
• Printable area. Specifies the offset from the corner of the printable area, as defined by the output device.

Text Properties

Determines the font name and text height for the current plot stamp text. You can also specify to place the text on one line or to wrap the text to two lines. The placement and offset values you specify for this plot stamp must accommodate the text wrapping and the text height.

• Font name. Specifies the name of the font used for the plot stamp.
• Text height. Specifies the height of the text in the plot stamp.
• Place plot stamp on single line? Specifies whether you want to keep the plot stamp information in a single line (Yes) or allow it to wrap (No).

Units

Specifies the units used to measure X offset, Y offset, and height.

• Inches.
• Millimeters.
• Pixels.