This is utterly byond me, so I thought I'd post here and see if someone has any insight.
We currently have a full version of AutoCAD. I can use the AcCoreConsole utility in order to perform script operations without any graphical interface or input from me; this is very useful and I use it for things like plotting.
I have installed a trial version of AutoCAD LT 2015 on another machine and am trying to do the same thing. All seems well at first, I can run the command line, I can open a drawing, I can call the -PLOT command and am presented with all of the correct argument inputs. However, at the end of it, I it simply does not plot.
When I do this on my main machine (with full AutoCAD), after the final argument input (which is 'Proceed with Plot [Yes/No]), it will display progress as its plots, such as:
"Effective plotting area: 8.02 wide by 11.44 high
Plotting viewport 1."
etc.
When I use the trial version of AutoCAD LT 2015 on the oither machine, it will immediately exit back to the command prompt after I enter the final argument. It gives not error or warning, it does not provide progress feedback, and it does not plot.
The only differences I can see between these two scenarios are:
It uses AutoCAD LT rather than full AutoCAD
It is a trial version, not a licensed version
It is running on Windows 8 rather than windows 7.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
P.S. If I run the same commands in the graphical interface of the AutoCAD LT 2015 trial, it will plot as expected.