Plotting to PDFCreator - file name is always too short!

Lynsey Penny

 Hi all,

I am using a script to plot a batch of dwg's. All works well except that the file name is always too short - missing an important part of the name. I've tried with other PDF printers but it's always the same amount of digits that comes out, so is there a setting somewhere where the characters are limited? As part of the script I'm using 'save-as' to change the name of the .dwg and that works fine so I don't see what is causing the problem...

Any help would be appreciated - thanks!

Jason Bourhill

Due to OS file name limitation? Windows is limited to 255 char including the folder name. Perhaps you are printing to a nested folder location? I would try printing to a local folder keeping the name short e.g: 'C:\PDF-Prints'

Regards,

Jason Bourhill

CAD Concepts

Jason Bourhill

You could see the same happening if you are printing to a FAT formatted disk. This is limited to the DOS 8.3 file name format.

Regards,

Jason Bourhill

CAD Concepts

Lynsey Penny

 Thanks for the suggestions. I am already plotting to a local area, and the characters are not more than 255, only about 40. Not keen to change the name, as I'll have to change them all back (there are about 90 files all with different names).

Thanks anyway!

Lynsey

Roy Klein Gebbinck

Maybe the problem is with the script?