Print Every Section Designer Section

[dreber]

I am working with dozens of concrete sections that I have input into the SAP section designer. Does anyone have a good way of printing them all at once?

 

[dreber]

I eventually solved this, but the solution ended up being a bit convoluted.

I installed AutoHotKey and used it to produce the following script:

Then I created a text file "Sections.txt" and entered my section names into it, one per line.

Running the script will loop through each section and print it to PDF.

Getting this to work takes a bit of time depending on your coding abilities, but if you have to print hundreds of sections as I have had to, it is worthwhile. It also makes you look cool at work

Section = 1A02

ArrayCount = 0

Loop, Read, C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\DELETEME\AutoHotKey\Sections.txt
{
Section := A_LoopReadLine 

WinWait, SAP2000 v16.1.0 Advanced  - 14029 Foster East - Working, 
IfWinNotActive, SAP2000 v16.1.0 Advanced  - 14029 Foster East - Working, , WinActivate, SAP2000 v16.1.0 Advanced  - 14029 Foster East - Working, 
WinWaitActive, SAP2000 v16.1.0 Advanced  - 14029 Foster East - Working, 
MouseClick, left,  121,  17
Sleep, 100
Send, {ALTDOWN}d{ALTUP}pf
WinWait, Frame Properties, 
IfWinNotActive, Frame Properties, , WinActivate, Frame Properties, 
WinWaitActive, Frame Properties, 
Send, {TAB}{TAB}{END}{BACKSPACE}{BACKSPACE}{BACKSPACE}{BACKSPACE}{BACKSPACE}{BACKSPACE}a{BACKSPACE}%Section%{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ENTER}
WinWait, SD Section Data, 
IfWinNotActive, SD Section Data, , WinActivate, SD Section Data, 
WinWaitActive, SD Section Data, 
Send, {TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ENTER}
WinWait, SAP2000 - %Section%, 
IfWinNotActive, SAP2000 - %Section%, , WinActivate, SAP2000 - %Section%, 
WinWaitActive, SAP2000 - %Section%, 
Send, {ALTDOWN}f{ALTUP}p
WinWait, Save PDF File As, 
IfWinNotActive, Save PDF File As, , WinActivate, Save PDF File As, 
WinWaitActive, Save PDF File As, 
Send, %Section%{ENTER}y
WinWait, %Section%.pdf - Adobe Acrobat Standard, 
IfWinNotActive, %Section%.pdf - Adobe Acrobat Standard, , WinActivate, %Section%.pdf - Adobe Acrobat Standard, 
WinWaitActive, %Section%.pdf - Adobe Acrobat Standard, 
Send, {ALTDOWN}{F4}{ALTUP}
WinWait, SAP2000 - %Section%, 
IfWinNotActive, SAP2000 - %Section%, , WinActivate, SAP2000 - %Section%, 
WinWaitActive, SAP2000 - %Section%, 
Send, {ALTDOWN}{F4}{ALTUP}
WinWait, SD Section Data, 
IfWinNotActive, SD Section Data, , WinActivate, SD Section Data, 
WinWaitActive, SD Section Data, 
Send, {ESC}
WinWait, Frame Properties, 
IfWinNotActive, Frame Properties, , WinActivate, Frame Properties, 
WinWaitActive, Frame Properties, 
Send, {ESC}
}