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List Open Drawings using iLogic

andrew_canfield — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:14:17 GMT

How can all the current open drawings be listed using iLogic?

The list will be used to save & save as pdf all open drawings (already have a rule to save as pdf).

Regards

Andrew

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

Curtis_W — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:26:41 GMT

Hi @andrew_canfield

You can look at the "ThisApplication.Documents" collection to see all open documents, and then filter by document type, as shown in this example, which adds them to a list

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

Dim oDoc As Document
For Each oDoc In ThisApplication.Documents
	If oDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject Then
		'print code there
		MessageBox.Show("Printing:  " & vbLf & oDoc.FullFileName, "iLogic")

	End If
Next

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

andrew_canfield — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:28:37 GMT

Hello Curtis & thanks for the reply - the code works but my explanation has hit a problem.

I already have code to create a pdf on the desktop & thought (wrongly) 'run rule' instead of "Printing" would print the file described by the text:

if there are 3 drawings open only one is printed - the active document (i think).

Guessing I need to transfer the file path information from your code into the print pdf code - something like:

Here is all the code - will try to merge them

Dim oDoc As Document
For Each oDoc In ThisApplication.Documents
	If oDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject Then
		'print code there
		MessageBox.Show("Printing:  " & vbLf & oDoc.FullFileName, "iLogic")

	End If
Next


'pass info from above into rule below
'the rule below will print a pdf to a desktop folder with defer updates on




Dim oDoc As Document'
oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument'
'oValue = oDoc.DrawingSettings.DeferUpdates ()'

oDoc.DrawingSettings.DeferUpdates = "True"'

ThisDoc.Save

Dim oFolder As String = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) & "\PDF"
If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then 
    System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder)
End If

oPath = ThisDoc.Path
oFileName = ThisDoc.FileName(False) 'without extension
oRevNum = iProperties.Value("project", "revision number")
oPDFAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById _
("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}")
oDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
oContext = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext
oContext.Type = IOMechanismEnum.kFileBrowseIOMechanism
oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap
oDataMedium = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium 


If oPDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDocument, oContext, oOptions) Then
oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 1
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 


 'Set the PDF target file name
oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & "\" & oFileName & ".pdf" 


'Publish document
oPDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDocument, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) 
'------end of iLogic-------

Regards

Andrew

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

Curtis_W — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:22:45 GMT

Hi @andrew_canfield ,

Maybe something like this.

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

Sub main
	Dim oDoc As Document
	
	'count open drawings 
	i = 0
	For Each oDoc In ThisApplication.Documents
		If oDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject Then
			i+=1
		End If
	Next		
	
	'Get user input
	RUsure = MessageBox.Show ( _
	i & " drawings about to print to PDF." _
	& vbLf & "This could take a while, do you want to continue?", "iLogic", _
	MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question)
	
	If RUsure = vbNo Then
	Return
	Else
	End If

	For Each oDoc In ThisApplication.Documents
		If oDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject Then
			Call PrintPDF(oDoc)
		End If
	Next		
	
	If oDoc is ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Then
	oDoc.DrawingSettings.DeferUpdates = "True"
	oDoc.Save
	End If
	
	MessageBox.Show("PDFs complete", "iLogic")
	
	Try
		Process.Start(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) & "\PDF")
	Catch
	End Try

End Sub

Sub PrintPDF(oDoc As Document)
	
	
Dim oFolder As String = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) & "\PDF"
If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then 
    System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder)
End If

oFileName = Left(oDoc.DisplayName,Len(oDoc.DisplayName)-4)

oPDFAddIn = 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 oPDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDoc, oContext, oOptions) Then
oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 1
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 


 'Set the PDF target file name
oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & "\" & oFileName & ".pdf" 


'Publish document
oPDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDoc, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) 
End Sub

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

claudio.ibarra — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:21:22 GMT

What would you add to make the resulting PDF filenames contain the drawing revisions at the end, before the ".pdf"?

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

Curtis_W — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:27:56 GMT

Hi @claudio.ibarra ,

This should do it.

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

Sub main
	Dim oDoc As Document
	
	'count open drawings 
	i = 0
	For Each oDoc In ThisApplication.Documents
		If oDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject Then
			i+=1
		End If
	Next		
	
	'Get user input
	RUsure = MessageBox.Show ( _
	i & " drawings about to print to PDF." _
	& vbLf & "This could take a while, do you want to continue?", "iLogic", _
	MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question)
	
	If RUsure = vbNo Then
	Return
	Else
	End If

	For Each oDoc In ThisApplication.Documents
		If oDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject Then
			Call PrintPDF(oDoc)
		End If
	Next		
	
	If oDoc is ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Then
	oDoc.DrawingSettings.DeferUpdates = "True"
	oDoc.Save
	End If
	
	MessageBox.Show("PDFs complete", "iLogic")
	
	Try
		Process.Start(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) & "\PDF")
	Catch
	End Try

End Sub

Sub PrintPDF(oDoc As Document)
	
	
Dim oFolder As String = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) & "\PDF"
If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then 
    System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder)
End If

oFileName = Left(oDoc.DisplayName, Len(oDoc.DisplayName) -4)
oRevNum = oDoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor Summary Information").Item("Revision Number").value
oPDFAddIn = 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 oPDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDoc, oContext, oOptions) Then
oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 1
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 


 'Set the PDF target file name
oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & "\" & oFileName & "-Rev" &  oRevNum & ".pdf" 


'Publish document
oPDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDoc, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) 
End Sub

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

andrew_canfield — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:04:57 GMT

Many Thanks

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

andrew_canfield — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:09:34 GMT

Added a slight tweak (around line 51) - some users have file extensions visible & other don't so....

FileName1 = Left(oDoc.DisplayName, Len(oDoc.DisplayName))
FileName3 = Right (FileName1, 4)
FileName2 = Left(oDoc.DisplayName, Len(oDoc.DisplayName) - 4)
FileName4 = Right (FileName2, 4)

If FileName3 <> ".idw" Then oFileName = FileName1
If FileName4 <> ".idw" Then oFileName = FileName2


'oFileName = Left(oDoc.DisplayName, Len(oDoc.DisplayName))

it may be crude but the returned pdf's don't include ".idw" (still needs some testing)

🙂

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

andrew_canfield — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:07:33 GMT

amendment- thankfully the drawing numbers have a fixed length...

FileName1 = Left(oDoc.DisplayName, Len(oDoc.DisplayName))
StrLength = FileName1.Length()
If StrLength = 21 Then  oFileName = Left(oDoc.DisplayName, Len(oDoc.DisplayName) - 4)
If StrLength = 17 Then  oFileName = Left(oDoc.DisplayName, Len(oDoc.DisplayName) )

Re: List Open Drawings using iLogic

creggo — Mon, 16 May 2022 13:26:24 GMT

Any way to take the revision number from model document instead of drawing document?

Running as external rule so might not be possible? 🤔