Seek clarification about macro creation process

[cadcoke5]

I am not always certain if a particular failure to do something is my own misunderstanding of the program, or because of my I-Deas installatino being administered by people in another country. Also, my computer is "locked down" for security purposes.

I am having problems creating a macro to add "REF" to a number of dimensions. However, I can't seem to see my program. I don't know if I am doing it wrong, or that the program is set to prevent me from creating a program. Below are the steps I follow to create the program;


1) Start wtih an open drawing.
2) FILE/CREATE PROGRAM
3) A window to choose the name and where to save the program;
I type a filename, and then use the folder icon to indicate
where I want the file to go. The browser window that opens
shows the folder on my local hard drive where I want to save
the program.
4) Click OK.
5) I do the actions I want to record.
6) Click FILE/END CREATE

If I use Windows to view the directory where I should have saved the program, it is empty.

If I use FILE/RUN PROGRAM, I am prompted with the same window as when I created the program. If I type the name of a program I recorded earlier, it will run. But, if I use the file browsing icon , and look at the directory I had saved the programs, there is nothing there.

I do not know if I am doing something wrong, or perhaps do not understand how I-Deas saves the program. It might be that I-Deas has been set by the administrators to prevent me from recording a program.

Do you know why I can't see the program files I record? Should it have saved in the diretory I choose with the steps I took?


Thank you very much for your help.
Joe Dunfee

 

[SDETERS]

What is your path that you are writing the PRG file to? Make sure the path location has no spaces in the path. FOr Example C:\windows\my desktop\. Will not work.

 

[cadcoke5]

Thank you SDETERS, that was it. It now works fine.

While my path didn't have spaces, I had forgotten about the "no spaces" rule, and probably named the program with a space.

Now that I am a bit more empowered, I though I might ask if there might be a repository of macros for I-Deas. These things are quite common for AutoCAD, and more common parametric programs like SolidWorks.

Is there a .prg repository on the net?

Joe Dunfee

 

[SDETERS]

Not that I have found. There is a couple floating around here and there. Check the PLMworld Website they used to have an I-Deas library with PRG files on that site. I do not know if it exist anymore.