batch printing

Does anyone have any suggestions for sources for edit and write solidworks
vba script files; specifically for batch printing drawings in a specific
directory?

Thanks

 

There is a sample program in VB (not VBA) at the API support
webpages at http://www.solidworks.com/api in the download
section. If you don't have VB you can open the frm and bas
files (Forms and Modules) in a standard editor like notepad
to view the code or can import them in the VBA editor.

On the other hand: why don't use batch print and converter
tools out of the box?

Please take a look at my batch print and batch converter
named PAC4SWX at http://swtools.cad.de/prog_pac.htm , you can
download the shareware version and try it out. For the
registration fee will be less than 2 hours of coding yourself
may be it's worth looking.

Main features:
* Ready for SolidWorks 2004
* Generate drawing lists to print or convert using an explorer-like
interface or reading filenames to process from list
* Generate lists by dragdrop from file manager (Explorer) and sorting
* exports and converts 3D models to formats Parasolid, ACIS, STEP,
IGES, STL and VRML
* Filter sheet for processing depending on their sheetnames.
* Open drawings view-only (very useful for huge drawings)
* Open drawings read-only
* Preview selected SolidWorks document
* Optional: Suppress all warnings and error dialogs from SolidWorks
when batch converting
* Optional: Close SolidWorks after processing list (useful to
free the license of SolidWorks after an unattended job is
completed)
* Optional:Restart SolidWorks every ... drawings (useful to avoid
memory overflow when processing huge lists of drawings)
* Optional: ignores header and footer (useful with SolidWorks
2001Plus, i.e. if you generate prints or TIFF to archive and
wont care if header/footer is set by a previous user of that
drawing)
* Ignores printer options saved with SolidWorks2001Plus and uses
the user options from PAC4SWX so you
* many userdefinable options for printing the various sheet
formats, i.e. printer, sheetsize to print to, scale, line width etc.
* Option to use active SolidWorks drawing instead of PAC list
* complete user definied TIFF export options from within PAC4SWX
* Option for generating TIFF based on sheet size
* multiple user options for converting output of TIFF, DXF and DWG
* save TIFF, DXF or DWG in folder of drawing or all in one folder
* save Parasolid, ACIS, STEP, IGES, STL or VRML in folder of model
or all in one folder
* save eDrawings, PDF (if SolidWorks 2004 is installed) or JPEG
from parts, assemblies and drawings in folder of document or
all in one folder
* save exported files in folder of model or all in one folder
* save and read all settings from configuartion files
* multi-language support, you may change the language of the user
interface without the need to restart (german and english
language-files are supported)
* shareware which means you may test all functions for 30
days for FREE

Hope either the sample or the tool is what you are looking for.

Bye,
Stefan

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unofficial german SolidWorks helpsite
http://solidworks.cad.de
tools and programs for SolidWorks
http://swtools.cad.de

 

Thanks, I'll check the sites out.