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• Printing-Plotting Publisher sets should be reviewed

Printing/Plotting Publisher sets should be reviewed

This Conversion warning may appear when opening a PlotMaker Layout Book in ArchiCAD 10. It usually displays the following message:

Printing/Plotting Publisher sets should be reviewed.
The converted .lbk file contained publisher sets intended for printing or plotting. Some print/plot options in PlotMaker have no equivalent in ArchiCAD, so these options were not converted. We suggest that you review the settings of these publisher sets before you use them.

Since the layouting functionality of PlotMaker has now been integrated into ArchiCAD 10, it became possible to unify certain aspects of the printing/plotting of Model Views/Layouts. Also, certain features of PlotMaker did not go into ArchiCAD 10 (e.g. multi-paper Layouts).
For this reason Printing/Plotting Options/Settings used for Publishing Sets in PlotMaker 9 and ArchiCAD 10 cannot be but differ at certain points.
The warning is displayed to notify you of the need to review your print/plot settings you made in PlotMaker 9 so you will obtain the same result in ArchiCAD 10.

The following differences are present between the two application that you may need to review so you will obtain the same result when printing/plotting:

1. Print Settings Dialog
   

   
   The Print Setting Dialog of PlotMaker 9
   
   
   The Print Setting Dialog of ArchiCAD 10
   
   

   • The Layouts to Print area of the Dialog available in PlotMaker 9 is not available in ArchiCAD 10 (You can simply select in the Publisher Sets page of the Navigator in ArchiCAD 10 which Layouts you wish to publish.)
   • The All Colors to Black option of PlotMaker 9 is not available in ArchiCAD 10 in this Dialog (it was moved to the Print Options Dialog – Black & White checkbox).
   
   

2. Print Options Dialog
   

   
   The Print Options Dialog of PlotMaker 9
   
   
   The Print Options Dialog of ArchiCAD 10
   
   

   • The various Scaling and Shrinking options of PlotMaker 9 have been simplified in ArchiCAD 10 (Resize to Fit to Page or Custom).
   • Since there are no more Multi-Paper Layouts in ArchiCAD 10, the Page Sequence and Overlap options of PlotMaker 9 are not needed anymore, and so have been removed.
   • In ArchiCAD 10, it is now possible to define a Header/Footer for printouts.
   • In ArchiCAD 10, it is also a new option the ability to print in Hairline.
   
   

3. Plot Settings Dialog
   

   
   The Plot Setting Dialog of PlotMaker 9
   
   
   The Plot Setting Dialog of ArchiCAD 10
   
   

   • The Layouts to Plot options of PlotMaker 9 were slightly modified in ArchiCAD 10.
   • No Paper Feeding options may be set in ArchiCAD 10 the way it was possible in this Dialog of PlotMaker 9.
   • The Print Range feature of PlotMaker 9 has been removed in ArchiCAD 10 (there are no Multi-Paper Layouts in this version).
   • The various Scaling and Shrinking options of the Plot Options Dialog of PlotMaker 9 have been simplified and moved to this Dialog in ArchiCAD 10 (Resize to Fit to Page or Custom).
   • The Margin Options of the Plot Options Dialog of PlotMaker 9 have been moved to this Dialog in ArchiCAD 10.
   
   

4. Plot Options Dialog
   

   
   The Plot Options Dialog of PlotMaker 9
   
   

   • The various Scaling and Shrinking options the Plot Options Dialog of PlotMaker 9 have been simplified and moved to the Plot Settings Dialog in ArchiCAD 10 (Resize to Fit to Page or Custom).
   • The Margin Options of the Dialog were moved to the Plot Settings Dialog in ArchiCAD 10.
   • All other options of this Dialog (Multi-Paper Layout-related options) became obsolete and so were removed, and since other were moved, this Dialog of PlotMaker 9 does not exist in ArchiCAD 10 as such.
   

CategoryLayouting, CategoryPrintingPlotting, CategorySetup