'define the active document as an assembly file Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument oAsmDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument oAsmName = Left(oAsmDoc.DisplayName, Len(oAsmDoc.DisplayName) -4) 'check that the active document is an assembly file If ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.DocumentType <> kAssemblyDocumentObject Then MessageBox.Show("Please run this rule from the assembly file.", "iLogic") Exit Sub End If 'get user input RUsure = MessageBox.Show ( _ "This will create a PDF file for all of the asembly components that have drawings files." _ & vblf & "This rule expects that the drawing file shares the same name and location as the component." _ & vblf & " " _ & vblf & "Are you sure you want to create PDF Drawings for all of the assembly components?" _ & vblf & "This could take a while.", "iLogic - Batch Output PDFs ",MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) If RUsure = vbNo Then Return Else End If '- - - - - - - - - - - - -PDF setup - - - - - - - - - - - - oPath = ThisDoc.Path PDFAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}") oContext = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext oContext.Type = IOMechanismEnum.kFileBrowseIOMechanism oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap oDataMedium = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium If PDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDataMedium, oContext, oOptions) Then 'oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 0 oOptions.Value("Remove_Line_Weights") = 1 oOptions.Value("Vector_Resolution") = 400 oOptions.Value("Sheet_Range") = Inventor.PrintRangeEnum.kPrintAllSheets 'oOptions.Value("Custom_Begin_Sheet") = 2 'oOptions.Value("Custom_End_Sheet") = 4 End If 'get PDF target folder path oFolder = oPath & "\" & oAsmName & " PDF Files" 'Check for the PDF folder and create it if it does not exist If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder) End If '- - - - - - - - - - - - - '- - - - - - - - - - - - -Component Drawings - - - - - - - - - - - - 'look at the files referenced by the assembly Dim oRefDocs As DocumentsEnumerator oRefDocs = oAsmDoc.AllReferencedDocuments Dim oRefDoc As Document 'work the the drawing files for the referenced models 'this expects that the model has a drawing of the same path and name For Each oRefDoc In oRefDocs idwPathName = Left(oRefDoc.FullDocumentName, Len(oRefDoc.FullDocumentName) - 3) & "idw" 'check to see that the model has a drawing of the same path and name If(System.IO.File.Exists(idwPathName)) Then Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(idwPathName, True) oFileName = Left(oRefDoc.DisplayName, Len(oRefDoc.DisplayName) -3) On error Resume Next ' if PDF exists and is open or read only, resume next 'Set the PDF target file name oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & "\" & oFileName & "pdf" 'Write out the PDF Call PDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDrawDoc, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) 'close the file oDrawDoc.Close Else 'If the model has no drawing of the same path and name - do nothing End If Next '- - - - - - - - - - - - - '- - - - - - - - - - - - -Top Level Drawing - - - - - - - - - - - - oAsmDrawing = ThisDoc.ChangeExtension(".idw") oAsmDrawingDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(oAsmDrawing, True) oAsmDrawingName = Left(oAsmDrawingDoc.DisplayName, Len(oAsmDrawingDoc.DisplayName) -3) 'write out the PDF for the Top Level Assembly Drawing file On error Resume Next ' if PDF exists and is open or read only, resume next 'Set the PDF target file name oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & "\" & oAsmDrawingName & "pdf" 'Write out the PDF Call PDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oAsmDrawingDoc, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) 'Close the top level drawing oAsmDrawingDoc.Close '- - - - - - - - - - - - - MessageBox.Show("New Files Created in: " & vblf & oFolder, "iLogic") 'open the folder where the new ffiles are saved Shell("explorer.exe " & oFolder,vbNormalFocus)