CAD tip # 5492:

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Label printed drawings automatically with user name and computer name.

When plotting on a central network plotter you may have problems to identify the user who has printed a particular drawing job.

In such situations you can use an automatic user identification label inserted in DWG drawings (may be also used in DWT templates). Use the PLOTSTAMP function or text fields. This will take the user name and PC name from the respective system variables.

You can find an example of a dynamic block with such label (to be placed next to the drawing frame) in the Net_ID block in our CAD blocks catalog.

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applies to: AutoCAD 2008 · AutoCAD 2007 · AutoCAD Architecture 2007 · Civil 3D 2007 ·

See also:
Tip 14537:	Automation of AutoCAD drawing texts using fields.
Tip 13788:	Green square - mathematical charade and parametric constraints in AutoCAD.
Tip 13740:	Dynamic label with filesize of the current DWG file.
Tip 13737:	Formatting leading zeros in AutoCAD fields (and automatic field update).
Tip 13587:	Dynamic label of 3D coordinates.

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