Script troubles

[Anonymous]

I have about 200 hundred drawings tha I need to recover, so I figured I would write a script file. It doesn't want to work on more then one drawing. I don't understand since I don't use scripts that often. I have one that works, and one that doesn't.

Here is the one that did.

_.open
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8090-9.dwg"
recoverdwg
_.qsave
_.close
_.open
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8091-7.dwg"
recoverdwg
_.qsave
_.close
_.open
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8092-5.dwg"
recoverdwg
_.qsave
_.close
setvar
filedia
1
setvar
cmddia
0

Here is the one that doesn't.

_.recover
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8093-3.dwg"
_.regenall
_.qsave
_.close
_.recover
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8094-1.dwg"
_.regenall
_.qsave
_.close
_.recover
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8095-8.dwg"
_.regenall
_.qsave
_.close
setvar
filedia
1
setvar
cmddia
0

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Tim

[Anonymous]

Tim,

Any error messages? Also, what is 'recoverdwg'?

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wrote in message news:4909189@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have about 200 hundred drawings tha I need to recover, so I figured I would write a script file. It doesn't want to work on more
then one drawing. I don't understand since I don't use scripts that often. I have one that works, and one that doesn't.

Here is the one that did.

_.open
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8090-9.dwg"
recoverdwg
_.qsave
_.close
_.open
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8091-7.dwg"
recoverdwg
_.qsave
_.close
_.open
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8092-5.dwg"
recoverdwg
_.qsave
_.close
setvar
filedia
1
setvar
cmddia
0

Here is the one that doesn't.

_.recover
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8093-3.dwg"
_.regenall
_.qsave
_.close
_.recover
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8094-1.dwg"
_.regenall
_.qsave
_.close
_.recover
"H:\eMatrix\Mechanical\Chris\12-2697-8095-8.dwg"
_.regenall
_.qsave
_.close
setvar
filedia
1
setvar
cmddia
0

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Tim

[Anonymous]

Jason,

No error messages.

(defun c:RecoverDwg ()

;(while (/= (getvar "lastprompt") "3M AutoCAD Configuration Loaded.")
; (command pause)
;)
(command "_.layer" "_m" "Defpoints" "")
(command "_.change" (ssget "x" '((0 . "VIEWPORT"))) "" "_properties" "_layer" "Defpoints" "")
(command "_.mspace")
(command "_.zoom" "_extents")
(command "_.zoom" "1xp")
(command "_.pspace")
(command "_.qsave")
)

It works one the first one no problem, then it just stops, like it finished the script. I'm lost.

Tim

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the delay, wrapped up in some other code
and some tunes this weekend. Haven't given this a
great amount of thought, but is SDI and issue?

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wrote in message news:4909284@discussion.autodesk.com...
Jason,

No error messages.

(defun c:RecoverDwg ()

;(while (/= (getvar "lastprompt") "3M AutoCAD Configuration Loaded.")
; (command pause)
;)
(command "_.layer" "_m" "Defpoints" "")
(command "_.change" (ssget "x" '((0 . "VIEWPORT"))) "" "_properties" "_layer" "Defpoints" "")
(command "_.mspace")
(command "_.zoom" "_extents")
(command "_.zoom" "1xp")
(command "_.pspace")
(command "_.qsave")
)

It works one the first one no problem, then it just stops, like it finished the script. I'm lost.

Tim

[Anonymous]

It isn't in the one where I use open, but I can run a check on it later today and get back to you.

Thanks.
Tim

[Anonymous]

Thanks Jason, that seemed to do it. Do you have any idea why it is like that? If not cool, I just like to know why something works.

Tim

[Anonymous]

Glad it worked for ya. I'm no script expert
(if there is such a thing) but I think scripts are
simply designed with work with SDI = 1.


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wrote in message news:4910115@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thanks Jason, that seemed to do it. Do you have any idea why it is like
that? If not cool, I just like to know why something works.

Tim

[Anonymous]

Cool, and Thanks again.

Tim

[Anonymous]

Jason Piercey wrote:
> Glad it worked for ya. I'm no script expert
> (if there is such a thing) but I think scripts are
> simply designed with work with SDI = 1.
>
>
I use scripts a LOT with SDI = 0. Never a problem.
Dave
DDP

[Anonymous]

Any ideas on what Tim's problem might be with SDI = 0 ?

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"ddpcad" wrote in message
news:4911903@discussion.autodesk.com...

>
I use scripts a LOT with SDI = 0. Never a problem.
Dave
DDP

[Anonymous]

When I ran the script that has the "open" as the opening feature for the drawings, it will work with SDI equaling 0, but when I use "recover" as the opening feature for the drawings, it doesn't seem to work. I still don't understand why, but if I have to run it with SDI = 1, then that is what I have to do.

Thanks again for all the info, and help.
Tim

[Anonymous]

Jason Piercey wrote:
> Any ideas on what Tim's problem might be with SDI = 0 ?
>

I didn't look at his original script to closely and have never used a
script to recover drawings but would think that it would have something
to do with the various dialogs or prompts that come up depending on
whether a drawing needs to be recovered or not. If a drawing doesn't
need recovery you get one dialog with an OK button. If a drawing does
need recovery there are sometimes the need to hit Enter several times to
get to the drawing. Tough for a script to know what to do with that
Dave
DDP

[Anonymous]

When with SDI = 0, and running the recover script, it doesn't prompt for anything, weather it need recovering or not. It does work, but only on the first drawing in the script file, then it just stops without any error or any message.

If no one can tell me why, then that is cool because it worked with SDI set to 1. I have no idea at all what is going one with scripts, so I can't even fathom a guess, so any insight is appreciated.

Thanks.
Tim

[Anonymous]

T.Willey wrote:
> When with SDI = 0, and running the recover script, it doesn't prompt for anything, weather it need recovering or not. It does work, but only on the first drawing in the script file, then it just stops without any error or any message.
>
> If no one can tell me why, then that is cool because it worked with SDI set to 1. I have no idea at all what is going one with scripts, so I can't even fathom a guess, so any insight is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> Tim

OK, now that I look back at your original two posts I see that you are
not really Recovering drawings using the RECOVER command. Your code
works fine here as:

(defun c:RecoverDwg ()

;(while (/= (getvar "lastprompt") "3M AutoCAD Configuration Loaded.")
; (command pause)
😉
(command "_.layer" "_m" "Defpoints" "")
(command "_.change" (ssget "x" '((0 . "VIEWPORT"))) "" "_properties"
"_layer" "Defpoints" "")
(command "_.mspace")
(command "_.zoom" "_extents")
(command "_.zoom" "1xp")
(command "_.pspace")
(command "_.qsave")
)

which I saved to a folder in my search path and added to my Startup
Suite. I then created the following script:

open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\001.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\002.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\101.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\102.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\301.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\302.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\303.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\304.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\305.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\401.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\402.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\403.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\404.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\405.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\406.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\407.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close
open "C:\Documents and Settings\Jones\My
Documents\DDPJob\testing\Main\408.dwg"
recoverdwg qsave close

and it ran on all drawings without a hitch. SDI = 0
Dave
DDP
ps: the QSave in your code is redundant

[Anonymous]

In my original post I was trying to use the recover command to open the drawings because I had to. I did a little lisp where I had to push the ok button while I waited for an answer, which Jason made about turning SDI to 1 and running the script then. And that worked.

In your post you use the open command to open the drawings, and that worked for me also, but I wanted to use the recover command to open the drawings, but that didn't work in the script.

My conslusion is: If you want to use the recover command to open drawings in a script file, then you have to have SDI = 1.

Thanks for all the points of view, and help.
Tim

[Anonymous]

T.Willey wrote:
> In my original post I was trying to use the recover command to open the drawings because I had to. I did a little lisp where I had to push the ok button while I waited for an answer, which Jason made about turning SDI to 1 and running the script then. And that worked.
>
> In your post you use the open command to open the drawings, and that worked for me also, but I wanted to use the recover command to open the drawings, but that didn't work in the script.
>
> My conslusion is: If you want to use the recover command to open drawings in a script file, then you have to have SDI = 1.
>
> Thanks for all the points of view, and help.
> Tim

I don't think SDI should have anything to do with runnings scripts or
the Recover command. I've run scripts on 1000's of drawings doing
everything from printing to XRef reloading to adding viewports and I
have never had SDI = 1. I have never tried to script Recover multiple
drawings though and would like to figure this out for my own education
if you don't mind.

Please post the code that doesn't work for you with SDI = 0 and I'll
give it a try here.
Dave

[Anonymous]

I think this is all you need. All you need to do really is change "open" to "recover" in you script.

Please post if you learn anything new, as I like to learn also.
Thanks.
Tim

[Anonymous]

T.Willey wrote:
> I think this is all you need. All you need to do really is change "open" to "recover" in you script.
>
> Please post if you learn anything new, as I like to learn also.
> Thanks.
> Tim

will do...it'll probably be this weekend before I can play with it to my
hearts content...golf tomorrow and work Fri ya know 🙂
Dave