can i clear the PAGE SETUP drop-down menu?
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Topic: can i clear the PAGE SETUP drop-down menu?
Posted By: cadman33619
Subject: can i clear the PAGE SETUP drop-down menu?
Date Posted: 25.Jan.2012 at 20:02
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is it possible to clear the page setup drop down menue in the plot dialog window? i repeatedly use the same setup that i've created and i don't like to have to go way to the bottom of the drop-down menue to select it. Also, if i clear it....how can i prevent other setups from being saved there?
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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 25.Jan.2012 at 21:42
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Are you saying that if you select a named Page setup on a Layout tab and Apply (it) to Layout, and then save the file the named Setup is not being retained? Because it should. It is unique to each Layout however. So you'd have to set and save all of them.
I would suggest modifying your main template file to include all the Plot settings you normally want. That would ease a measure of your frustrations.
Not sure I completely understand the last question...
Dave. ------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |
Posted By: cadman33619
Date Posted: 25.Jan.2012 at 22:11
| in the plot dialog box....at the top...the PAGE SETUP area. the NAME drop down menue lists the different page setups tha i've used. i'd like to clear that drop down and just leave one that i've created (using the ADD button beside the drop down) so that i dont have to scroll thru previous setups to get to mine. |
Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 25.Jan.2012 at 22:16
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Piece of cake. Go into the Page Setup manager, right click and delete the setups you don't want. Save the file. Eat cake.
Dave. ------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |
Posted By: cadman33619
Date Posted: 26.Jan.2012 at 14:29
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tried what you suggested but no luck. when i right click, the DELETE option is greyed out and i can't select it. not sure why |
Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 26.Jan.2012 at 21:00
My dialog is attached as an example. Is this where you are? We may need your screenshot to help figure out what is going on there.
Dave.
http://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/uploads/20120126_205806_PageSetupManage.pdf - uploads/20120126_205806_PageSetupManage.pdf ------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |
cadman33619 wrote:Posted By: cadman33619
Date Posted: 26.Jan.2012 at 21:07
| http://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/uploads/20120126_210710_SCREEN.pdf - uploads/20120126_210710_SCREEN.pdf HERE IS MY SCREENSHOT |
Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 26.Jan.2012 at 21:18
Did you have all the tabs selected when you called up this dialog ?
Try Modifying one of those other setups so the settings are what you ultimately want. Change it to your needs, then set it current. Then go back into the Page Setup Manager and see if the others can be deleted.
Idea basis: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2008/deleting-extra-page-setup/td-p/2998476" rel="nofollow - http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2008/deleting-extra-page-setup/td-p/2998476
Dave. ------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |