IDW to PDF without running Inventor

[Anthony]

I am wondering if there is a way of exporting an existing IDW created in Inventor to DWF format without having to phycially open the IDW in Inventor ? I have a list of IDW's and some of them are referencing large assemblys and take a long time to open and it would be better if I could do a batch export outside the Inventor environment.

Thanks

Inventor 2013 SP2 64-bit edition

Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013

64-bit HP Z400, Intel Xeon W3550 3.07GHz

12.0GB RAM, ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL)

[Anthony]

Sorry my post should read 'IDW to DWF without running Inventor' 

[sam_m]

You could try the Task Scheduler, tucked away in the Tools sub-folder in your Inventor Start bar folder.

Under the Create Task menu there's the option to "Publish DWF Files..." - give that a play and see what happens (don't use DWF so I admit I'm not that familiar with it.)

Hope that helps

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi Anthony,

You can use the Task Scheduler to batch IDWs to DWF:

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2014/Help/1283-Inventor1283/3922-Task_Sch3922/3943-Publish...

This can be done overnight if needed.

Gereral Task Scheduler info:

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2014/Help/1283-Inventor1283/3922-Task_Sch3922/3923-Get_sta...

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[Anthony]

This is great thanks, just what I was looking for, I'd forgotten about the task scheduler, I'll give it a go.