Function Syntax: SetPlotDeviceNames Version: 1 Date: 17.10.2025 Version: 2 Date: 01.01.2026 AI+https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/17353-change-printer/ AI+https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/assign-a-page-setup-to-all-layout-tabs-prior-to-or-without-going/m-p/11757775#M34324 Title SetPlotDeviceNames LISP for AutoCAD layouts and plotting management Description This program opens a dialog that lets the user review and batch-edit plotting settings per layout, plus viewport lock, annotation visibility, and viewport zoom operations, while keeping layout selection synchronized across columns. How it is started Command: SetPlotDeviceNames The user runs SetPlotDeviceNames at the AutoCAD command line to open the dialog interface. What the user does • The user reviews a table of layouts showing Layout Name, Plot Device, Page Setup, Paper Size, plus status columns for Lock, Anno, and Zoom. • The user filters layouts by a wildcard filter and chooses a scope: Selected or All displayed. • The user optionally includes or excludes Model from the list and from apply operations. • The user applies changes to the chosen scope using dedicated buttons for device, page setup, and paper size. • The user can also run viewport utility actions (lock, annotation visibility, zoom tools) for the chosen scope. Key interface behaviors • Multi-column synchronized selection meaning selecting rows in any list aligns the same rows in every other list. • Horizontal scrolling per column meaning each of the four main text columns has its own slider that shifts the visible substring left or right without changing the underlying values. • Selected full readouts show the complete Name and complete Paper for the first selected layout. Filtering and scope • Filter supports wildcard patterns such as star and question mark. • Include Model in list controls whether the Model tab appears in the layouts list. • Selected scope applies changes only to the currently selected rows. • All displayed scope applies changes to every layout currently shown after filtering. • Include Model in apply controls whether apply operations are allowed to target the Model tab. Functionalities • Apply Plot Device changes the plotter configuration name for each targeted layout and refreshes plot device information. • Apply Page Setup copies a named page setup into each targeted layout, or clears the page setup when the user selects none. • Apply Paper Size sets the canonical media name based on the selected device and chosen paper display name. • Lock sets all non-overall paper-space viewports in each targeted layout to locked. • Unlock sets all non-overall paper-space viewports in each targeted layout to unlocked. • AnnON sets ANNOALLVISIBLE to on for each targeted paper-space layout. • AnnOFF sets ANNOALLVISIBLE to off for each targeted paper-space layout. • Zoom Extents activates each layout, enters viewport context, zooms extents in each viewport, then marks that layout as having an extents zoom state for display purposes. • Zoom Window prompts the user to pick two corners in a viewport on the first targeted layout, then applies the same zoom window to viewports in all targeted layouts without setting an extents zoom flag. Displayed status columns • Lock status shows Locked, Unlocked, Mixed, NoVP, or Model depending on viewport presence and lock state. • Anno status shows AnnOn, AnnOff, or unknown if not retrievable. • Zoom status shows ZExt only when the tool explicitly marked the layout after Zoom Extents, otherwise it shows Z?. Important system variables and state handling • The program temporarily switches TILEMODE, CTAB, and MSPACE when reading or modifying paper-space layout settings, then restores them to the prior values to avoid disrupting the user environment. • Undo grouping is used when applying viewport lock changes so the operation can be reverted cleanly. Prompts and user interaction • Zoom Window prompts for first corner and opposite corner inside a viewport, then applies the window consistently across selected layouts. • All other operations are button driven from the dialog and do not require selecting entities in the drawing. Safety and persistence behavior • Zoom state labeling is stored in the drawing named object dictionary using a dedicated dictionary name so older stored flags do not affect current display. • ZExt is only shown when explicitly produced by this tool to prevent misleading zoom labels.