Attachment Tools

I too face the same problem, it is due to graphics problem in P3 which is not synchronized properly in print preview when you use attachment tools(text items especially).

I would guess that you need to add the three Service Packages to your P3 software. I see to recam that SP1 had a fix for this. Good luck!

Dear All

Another dump method is to use PDF writer

Print out the pages you want in PDF and add the object within the PDF File but this info is not stored within the schedule

Good Luck

Alex

yes, even we can insert the schedule as .wmf file into MS Word and add text/graphics etc.,

Hi!
Try this.
After attaching, please select the text or graphic.
Click the button (looks like a board tack/pin).
This allows you to attach the graphic to either Activty Bar or a Date or you set vertical & horizontal offset.

I use the date feature to pin my text exactly where I want it.
Ofcourse, it would have been lot easier if P3 had capability to attach the graphic to ES or EF date of an activity.
regards
Neeraj Agarkar
Manager Planning
SP Mideast, Dubai

That takes care of the positioning of the graphic.

However, I am not able to solve a peculiar problem.. my details in the graphic are missing in print but it shows perfectly well in preview.

Then again, some graphics print fine in my A3 size printer (I use HPdeskjet ) but not in A0 size paper as in my plotter (HP - designjet).
Sometimes, half of the paper plots fine but towards the bottom activity bars disappear.
I have tried all the drivers reinstallation and finally settled down to print to pdf and then plot in A0 size.
Please tell if you know any plotter which does not have this problem with P3 and I will go buy that.

Neeraj,

It all becomes clear when you tell use what type of ‘printer’ you are using. The problem is not with P3 but with your plotter. I have talked of this in earlier threads.

Old fashioned plotters use a pen and work only as fast as the pen can travel. Because the computer is so much quicker at sending the plot information than the plotter is at drawing it, the plotter tells P3 to wait until more memory is available to receive the next commands. Each line is executed one at a time.

Modern plotters are really over-grown inkjet printers. They must read all of the commands and keep an image of the plot in their internal memory before they can print a single thing. The memory in the inkjet must hold an exact copy of the entire plot before starting. The larger the plot area, the more internal memory is required to hold the picture.

If your inkjet plotter runs out of memory before the last plot command is sent, then the following commands are lost. Your plotter will then plot the drawing with the last commands omitted. With a smaller page to print, the same memory may be sufficient to hold the entire plot without losing anything.

The solution is to add memory to your plotter. Many such plotters have extra memory modules that you can purchase and install. This will fix your problem with missing plot items. Good luck!