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include layout tab name when print to pdf

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Topic: include layout tab name when print to pdf
Posted By: CAD7875
Subject: include layout tab name when print to pdf
Date Posted: 05.Jan.2012 at 15:00
can anyone help?
i used to use autocad 2010 and had automatic publish to pdf set up - this used to include the tab name at the end of the name of the drawing (we use it to update revisions)
i'm now using 2011 and can no longer get the tab name when using automatic publish - also when there are more than 1 tab, it doesnt print all of them?
 
is there a way of enabling this?
any help appreciated


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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 06.Jan.2012 at 03:35
Yes, and this is one of my favorite tricks... it just won't work from Automatic Publish as far as I can tell.  You'll have to put a custom plot stamp somewhere on the margin of your border to get what I'm about to describe to work.

But put a custom text string somewhere along the edge of the drawing.  I will often use this as my plot stamp and include the full file and path name.  In your case you can add the Layout tab name too.  Right click when editing the text to insert a field.  The field name you want is "system variable", and the variable is "ctab".  This will bring in whatever you used for your Layout tab name.

Season to taste as far as the formatting is concerned.

Dave.


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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite


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