Savecopyas or export dwg from iam or ipt

[Anonymous]

I wish to "Save Copy As" a whole network drive of Inventor assemblies/parts to autocad dwg files. (its for a customer database)

If i do this manual, there i can choose in the options version "AutoCAD 2004 dwg Files".

How to do this in the API?

I have seen the VBA sample code "Save as DWG Translator Sample"

Which shows how to SaveCopyAs with options and a config.ini, but this is written to export a 2D drawing.
I have not found any example how to do this with 3D data.

At one point in the sample code I read:

' Create a NameValueMap object

Dim oOptions As NameValueMap

Set oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap

oOptions.Value("Export_Acad_IniFile") = strIniFile

How can you find the possible options in a namevaluemap that will allow me to choose the autocad version?

Thanks in advance,

Arnold

[Anonymous]

I stumbled upon this thread after searching forum for hours:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Inventor-Customization/using-the-API-to-savecopyas-solid-only/m-p/4380...

And the exported drawings are indeed saved in 2004. So my problem is solved.

What I still wonder...

oOptions.Value("DwgVersion") = 23

How can you find options.values?

I am using Visual Basic 2010

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

version can propably found somewhere in the help.

a few version types are listed in http://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/05/saving-3d-dwg-using-the-dwg-translator.html

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I didn't knew about this article.

If anyone from Autodesk is reading this.

Perhaps this article should be added in programming help: Sample Programs: Translators: Export?

[timothy_berg]

How can this be done thru iLogic?