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Jwisniowski:
Disclaimer: We do not use "Create in Layout Tab" It bogs down our floor plan dwg files and we feel like creating separate dwg files for each spool is the way to go.

I am trying to "Trick the system" and create a spool template that has a plan view & iso view with the floor plan background xrefed in. I have everything setup in the template how i want so the setup is good to go. The challenge is when batch creating spools the pieces and parts of the spool do not come in at the same location as the main drawing. See the attached screen shots for examples. It appears that every spool drawing is brining in the pieces and parts to 0,0,0. Is there a setting i am missing that would allow me to override the "base point" so that the items come in at the same location as the main dwg? Could it be hiding in the Spool.ini?

acad2015:
The setting your looking for is indeed in the SPOOL.INI file. The setting is "Move Model". Set it to either "0" or "1". I believe you need it set to "0" for what your trying to do, but don't hold me to that.

Jwisniowski:
That did it!! Thank you. I must have read through the Spool.ini file 10 times and didn't see that. Now i'm going to try to write a script to zoom extents & zoom @ 1/8 scale for each view port during creation. Wish me luck : )

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