New Plot Station Release

Plot Station Version 8.8.59 is available for immediate download by customers under maintenance.

To download the latest version, go to the eQuorum Support page and use your customer login/password. After login, you can complete the CD Request Form if you want a CD be mailed to you instead.

What's new in Plot Station 8.8.59?

The September release of Plot Station includes numerous fixes and enhancements, and a few entirely new modules.

• New SolidWorks Input Driver
• New Xerox 6030 Output Driver
• New Xerox 6050 Output Driver
• AutoCAD 2005 Support
• AutoCAD OEM Engine for Server-side plot processing
• Numerous Plot Station Client enhancements

Learn more about these latest Plot Station enhancements.

Plot Station Tips and Tricks

Managing Sets with Plot Manager Submit

As more and more Plot Station customers use Plot Manager as their primary plot submission tool, it is easy to become engrained in a certain way of performing a task and miss out on some of the advanced features available.

User Group Forum

The eQuorum User Group Forum is a private interactive forum used only by eQuorum and its Customers. This is a great place to ask questions, share ideas or brainstorm about how you use Plot Station and/or eQuorum. To participate, just login using your previously distributed login/password, or Request a login.

Version 8.8.59 Enhancements

SolidWorks Input Driver

Plot Station Server and Plot Manager Submit support for SolidWorks Drawing, Parts, and Assembly files. Submit of Drawing files does not require SolidWorks on the client. If Solidworks is on the submitting PC, it will be used to automatically locate dependent assembly files.

Xerox 6030 & Xerox 6050

Drivers are now available for the newest Xerox wide format devices. To learn more about these new plotters, click on the links below:

• Xerox 6030
• Xerox 6050

AutoCAD 2005 Support

Plot Station (and ImageSite) now support both AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD 2005 file formats.

AutoCAD OEM engine

Plot Station continues to use the latest technology from Autodesk, providing it with highest possible quality and fidelity when plotting AutoCAD files. You will be prompted through the installation procedures for eQuorum's AutoCAD Engine when updating to this new Plot Station version.

Client enhancements

• Plot Manager installation now interrogates the defined PC3/PMP folders for AutoCad 2004 so existing DWF6_ePlot_eQuorum. PC3/PMP files are not overwritten and custom changes/additions made by the user are not lost.
• Plot Manager Submit display fields for saved views and layouts now show the entire layout/view name.
• Plot Manager Submit 'Current Configuration' field now shows more than 3 simultaneous selections.
• PRF Generator for AutoCAD now supports AutoCAD 2005 files.
• PRF Generator for AutoCAD 2005 style table select is now on the main PRF Generator tab above the pen table select, to reduce the number of clicks required to access this frequently used field.
• PRF Generator for AutoCAD 2004/2005 now supports sharing of AutoCAD color table (.ctb) from a central location. The location is identified during installation so the Autodesk registry key can be updated.

Tips and Tricks

Managing Sets with Plot Manager Submit

Collections of documents from multiple disciplines often need to be plotted– it is a lot easier to get them in the right order before plotting than after. Once they're in the right order, just save the set for easy recall to make it easier to submit for the next review printing. Even if new documents need to be inserted in the middle, it is generally far easier to recall a saved set and add the documents in the right place than it is to start all over again. Simply add the document to the list and drag it to the correct place, then re-save the set.

In addition to making it easier to re-submit collections of documents, using the set function has some other advantages:

• Plot Station Server processes a set as if it is a single job – so you don't need to worry about plots submitted by your co-workers getting mixed in between sheets.
• If you are plotting to a device with an advanced controller (Xerox Synergix, Océ TDS or KIP Starprint), multiple copies of the sets are processed by the plotter instead of by Plot Station, speeding throughput by allowing Plot Station to process jobs to other devices while letting the plotter complete the job.

If you have questions about using sets more efficiently, contact eQuorum's support line, and one of our analysts will be happy to assist you.