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    ekaspar
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    Registered: ‎08-30-2011

    Batch Sheet Metal Flat Pattern DWG Export

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    09-22-2011 08:21 AM
    I wrote a Content Center library family containing all ANSI Flange sizes from 1" to 16", all saved as sheet metal parts. We cut all our own flanges out on a CNC plasma cutter here which uses DWG files to cut from. Therefore I would like to save a DWG copy of each flange, and I'd like to do it all in one batch if possible, rather than laboriously opening and saving each of the 800 some that exist. Is there a way to do this?
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    Re: Batch Sheet Metal Flat Pattern DWG Export

    09-22-2011 07:57 PM in reply to: ekaspar

    There is a tool "Task Scheduler" installed with Inventor, you can find it in Inventor install location or Windows start menu-> Autodesk...

     

    Launch TS, create an Export File task, add a folder that contains your 800 files, set Output file name to be *.dwg.

     

    Hope that's helpful,

     

    Regards,

    Evan

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    ekaspar
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    Registered: ‎08-30-2011

    Re: Batch Sheet Metal Flat Pattern DWG Export

    09-23-2011 06:15 AM in reply to: EvanGu
    Thanks for the reply. This looks perfect. Problem is I don't seem to have .dwg as an export option. I'm running IV2011 Routed Systems. Any idea why this is? Thanks, Evan
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