比如C#里面调用AutoCAD ActiveX API实现后台打印DWG文件为PDF文件

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 
 
C#:
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.Common;
 
        // Define Command "plotTest"
        [CommandMethod("plotTest")]
        static public void PlotToPDF()
        {
            Document activeDoc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
            AcadDocument ThisDrawing = activeDoc.AcadDocument as AcadDocument;
            AcadLayout layout = ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout;
 
            String MediaName = layout.CanonicalMediaName;
            if (MediaName.Equals(""))
            {
                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);
            }
 
            try
           {
               AcadPlotConfiguration oplot = 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;
               
                Object oMediaNames = layout.GetCanonicalMediaNames();
 
                ArrayList mediaNames = new ArrayList((string[])oMediaNames);
 
                foreach (String sName in mediaNames)
                {
                    if (sName.Contains(MediaName))
                    {
                        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=null;
                        return;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (System.Exception es)
            {
                System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(es.ToString());
            }
        }
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。