因为有人问到，所以写了个例子。具体的要求是从.NET(比如C#)里面调用AutoCAD ActiveX API实现后台打印DWG文件为PDF文件，而且要把打印页面的大小设置成和DWG视图的页面的大小一致。当然除了ActiveX API，其它接口，比如ObjectARX和AutoCAD.NET API也支持打印并能实现上述功能的。不过我们今天就限定一下范围，用一用ActiveX API，而且指定产品是AutoCAD 2010吧。
执行步骤：打开一个dwg文件，用netload加载下面代码所在的.dll文件，再输入命令plottest，就得到输出结果（一个.pdf文件）。
要用到的参考：
AcDbMgd.dll;AcMgd.dll;AutoCAD 2010 Type Library;System.Windows.Forms; AutoCAD/ObjectDBX Common 18.0 Type Library.
VB.NET:
Imports System
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.Common
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput
<Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.CommandMethod("Plottest")> _
Public Sub PlotToPDF()
Dim activeDoc As Document = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
Dim ThisDrawing As AcadDocument = CType(activeDoc.AcadDocument, AcadDocument)
Dim layout As AcadLayout = ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout
Dim MediaName As String = layout.CanonicalMediaName
If MediaName.Equals("") Then
activeDoc.Editor.WriteMessage("There is no media set for the active layout.")
Return
Else
activeDoc.Editor.WriteMessage(("The media for the active layout is: " + MediaName))
End If
Try
Dim oplot As AcadPlotConfiguration = ThisDrawing.PlotConfigurations.Add("PDF", layout.ModelType)
oplot.PaperUnits = AcPlotPaperUnits.acMillimeters
oplot.StyleSheet = "monochrome.ctb"
oplot.PlotWithPlotStyles = True
oplot.ConfigName = "DWG To PDF.pc3"
oplot.UseStandardScale = True
oplot.StandardScale = AcPlotScale.acScaleToFit
oplot.PlotType = AcPlotType.acExtents
oplot.CenterPlot = True
Dim oMediaNames As Object = layout.GetCanonicalMediaNames
Dim mediaNames As ArrayList = New ArrayList(CType(oMediaNames, String()))
For Each sName As String In mediaNames
If sName.Contains(MediaName) Then
oplot.CanonicalMediaName = sName
layout.CopyFrom(oplot)
layout.PlotRotation = AcPlotRotation.ac0degrees
layout.RefreshPlotDeviceInfo()
ThisDrawing.SetVariable("BACKGROUNDPLOT", 0)
ThisDrawing.Plot.QuietErrorMode = True
ThisDrawing.Plot.PlotToFile("c:/temp/d1.pdf", "DWG To PDF.pc3")
oplot.Delete()
oplot = Nothing
Return
End If
Next
Catch es As System.Exception
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(es.ToString)
End Try
End Sub
输出结果：
这只是个例子。大家从中可以看到AutoCAD的打印定制程序可以是这样写的。但是实际需求是各种各样的，要具体分析情况并使用不同的方法。
