Boost Plotting Productivity with the new Production Printing and Plotting Solution from The Software Machine, a division of Hagerman & Company, Inc.

The latest release of AutoPLOT from The Software Machine uses client/server technology to automate plotting and printing, streamlining the production and delivery of drawings and documents throughout your organization in a variety of formats, including AutoCAD, Inventor, SolidWorks, MS-Office, Adobe, TIF, and more.

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AutoPLOT Client

The AutoPLOT Client can be used in a variety of ways:

• Drag and drop a file or file(s) from Windows Explorer into the AutoPLOT client.

• Submit individual files or a list of files from a document management system such as Cyco's AutoManager Meridian or Teamwork to AutoPLOT.

• Pass a list of files for a work order from an ERP or MRP system to AutoPLOT client.

Jobs can be submitted for printing and plotting at a later date and time.

Plot parameters from a document management system can be passed directly into the AutoPLOT client to reduce plot job setup time.

AutoPLOT Configuration Utility

Use the AutoPLOT Configuration Utility to setup Users, Groups, Print Engines, and System Printers.

Create an AutoPLOT User account for each AutoPLOT User. AutoPLOT user accounts can also be configured to allow only certain parameters to be changed when submitting print jobs such as Print Device, Paper Size, Copies, etc. Users can then be categorized into AutoPLOT groups.

Create AutoPLOT Groups to control user access to certain printers.

Configure AutoPLOT Print Engines to handle the correct file type. AutoCAD .dwg files should be handled by the AutoPLOT "AutoCAD" print engine, while MS Word .doc files could be handled by the AutoPLOT "Word" print engine.

Create AutoPLOT System Printers. Using AutoPLOT "System Printers" allows multiple users to print to the same AutoPLOT "System Printer", but the output can be redirected to the nearest printer for each user.

Create an AutoPLOT "Paper Size" for each AutoPLOT "System Printer". AutoPLOT "Paper Sizes" for the same AutoPLOT "System Printer" may output to entirely different printers.

AutoPLOT Server

Dedicated computer running either Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003.

The computer that will run the AutoPLOT Server must be capable of running the CAD application(s).

Minimum video resolution is 800 x 600 pixels.

Mouse or other pointing device.

Network card with properly configured network protocols.

The AutoPLOT Server needs less than 10 MB of disk space to install, but you must allow enough space for the AutoPLOT Database to grow. You should also allow enough space for the Windows Print Engine to process print jobs passed from AutoPLOT.

All application software that AutoPLOT Standard uses must be installed on the AutoPLOT Server. Since AutoPLOT Standard uses the native application to print files, those applications must be installed on the AutoPLOT server. 

You must create a Windows Printer for each of the Printers and Plotters that AutoPLOT will use.
 

AutoPLOT Client

Windows 2000 or XP Professional.

Minimum video resolution is 800 x 600 pixels.

Mouse or other pointing device.

Network card with properly configured network protocols.

The AutoPLOT client needs less than 10MB of disk space.