Macro Export Flat DXF Pattern

After spending much of yesterday searching thru the web for a macro to
export a Flat Pattern from a drawing, I have got to the stage of asking for
help.
I need a macro that will automate a proses for me. The proses is as follows.

1. From within a part I need to make a Drawing of a part with the drawing
name being that of the config name
2. Drawing needs to have 2 sheets. Sheet 1 has 4 views of the part and
sheet 2 has a 1:1 flat pattern of the part.
3. I need the drawing to be able to save itself to the same dir as the
original part and also save the DXF as in the same dir with the name of the
config part.

I no that I am asking alot but I am quite new to this program and don't no
to much about API or MACROS. All I'm after is a good starting point, maybe
some examples or if by chance someone has needed the same and it's all been
done before, then a push in the right direction.


Damian Gillespie
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Damian
I spent a while looking for something similar last year (I guess you are
exporting parts for laser/plasma nesting or similar?) and didn't come up
with anything useful thast would do exactly that then. Have a look at the
dynabits (www.dynabits.com) site - they have a load of useful stuff there
and may be able to help you put something together. There is also a canadian
setup (can't find them on google web and I've cleaned out the favourite -
anyone else got any ideas) that has a batch exporter for transferring sldrw
files to DXF (this allows you to get rid of the "save as DXF step") - we
produced SLDRW's for each part and then batched them overnight to DXF -
worked fine.
Sorry I can't be of more help!
Deri