macro to save as step, parasolid or part file (.sldprt)

[grunt58]

Anyone have a macro to save a part file as a step or parasolid? If you have one to save a assembly to a part file that would be usefull also.

thanks


Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 SP 2.0
IBM InteliStation Pro M
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000
P4 3.4 GHz, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0

 

[ctopher]

I do "File/Save as".

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Apr 30, 2008)

 

[grunt58]

If it was 1 or 2 files... We need to save our whole database of catalog parts maybe 2000 parts and assemblies if not more. To supply to our customers who want to design the tools themselves.

Task scheduler can save as step and parasolid but only one or the other it has to open the file twice not a huge deal and we have a macro to extract configurations to invdidual files but those individual assemblies then need to be saved as part files.

So I guess i only need a macro to save an assembly as a part file.

Thanks.

Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 SP 2.0
IBM InteliStation Pro M
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000
P4 3.4 GHz, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0

 

[ShaggyPE]

http://swtools.cad.de/us_prog_pac.htm

enjoy.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

 

[ShaggyPE]

I just re-read your second post. PAC4SWX won't do what you are asking for. My apologies for the quick response.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

 

[fcsuper]

You are looking for a batch saving macro?

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[grunt58]

batch saving would be nice. Anything to spead up the process would be helpfull.

Shaggy Pac4 wont save assembly to part?

Like I said all we really need is save assembly to part. Task scheduler can do the rest usless some has something better.

later

Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 SP 2.0
IBM InteliStation Pro M
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000
P4 3.4 GHz, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0

 

[ShaggyPE]

This may do what you are looking for... I think it is pretty beta right now though.

http://batchprocess.angelsix.com/

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

 

[grunt58]

Wont save as part file. Thanks though.

Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 SP 2.0
IBM InteliStation Pro M
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000
P4 3.4 GHz, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0

 

[dogarila]

Maybe this thread559-209635 can help you. You can record a saveas process to figure out what to put inside the loop(s)

 

[fcsuper]

To save as a part file, check out

http://swtools.cad.de/

I think there's one macro that does this, though it's not batch.

Also, do you have the Task Manager. If so, you may wanna try that.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[ctopher]

grunt58,
Sorry, you didn't say for 'batch' at first.
Other's suggestions will work.
Thanks.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Apr 30, 2008)

 

[ShaggyPE]

There is actually a thread on the SolidWorks Discussion Forum about the BatchProcess software that I suggested above.

The thread can be found here (I think you may need solidworks subscription):

http://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=9650

The last input from the author (Luke Malpass) states that he just added functionality to saveas assemblies to parts.
Here is the link again to the download site:

http://batchprocess.angelsix.com/downloads/

I have not downloaded this software, but it sounds pretty slick.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

 

[grunt58]

http://batchprocess.angelsix.com/

works. I emailed him and he added assembly to part. It will do parasolid and step.

found a slight problem though that it fails .sldasm not .SLDASM though. We get .sldasm from another program that breaks assembly configs up in to individual assemblies.

Solidworks reconizes .sldasm and opens them...


Thanks


Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 SP 2.0
IBM InteliStation Pro M
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000
P4 3.4 GHz, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0

 

[grunt58]

word travels fast thats who I emailed....

Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 SP 2.0
IBM InteliStation Pro M
Nvidia Quadro FX 3000
P4 3.4 GHz, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0