topic Re: Job Processor custom job export thumbnails in Vault Customization Forum

Job Processor custom job export thumbnails

Tony_Yates — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 03:54:51 GMT

Hi All,

Does anyone have a custom job that spits out thumbnails to a specified folder?

Regards,

Tony

Re: Job Processor custom job export thumbnails

Markus.Koechl — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:21:37 GMT

I don't have a full job at my hand, but several methods to retrieve the thumbnail as image object or file for download: https://github.com/koechlm/iLogic-Vault/blob/2022/iLogic-Vault-QuickstartLibrary/iLogic-Vault%20QuickstartLibrary.cs . Starting line 1513.

To get a custom job quickly coded, I recommend using the SDK template API-Onboarding-Custom-Job; it is part of the installable SDK. There is also a fully coded custom job in the sample folders ..\VS19.

I hope this helps to resolve your task.

Re: Job Processor custom job export thumbnails

Tony_Yates — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:54:04 GMT

Hi Markus,

I am able to create a step file through vault iloigc, but cannot create a PDF.

I keep getting an error in the rule. The rule does run ok from inventor.

Is it possible?

This is my code:-

'------start of iLogic-------

ModelName = ThisDoc.FileName(False)

'MessageBox.Show(ModelName)

'get DP number

Dim DP As String = ModelName

DP = DP.Substring(0, DP.IndexOf("-"))

'MessageBox.Show(DP)

oPath = "x:\Engineering\01 Drawing Folder\DP "

oFileName = ThisDoc.FileName(False) 'without extension

oRevNum = iProperties.Value("Project", "Revision Number")

oPDFAddIn = ThisServer.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById _

("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}")

oDocument = ThisServer.ActiveDocument

oContext = ThisServer.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext

oContext.Type = IOMechanismEnum.kFileBrowseIOMechanism

oOptions = ThisServer.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap

oDataMedium = ThisServer.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium

'If oPDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDataMedium, oContext, oOptions) Then

oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 0

oOptions.Value("Remove_Line_Weights") = 1

oOptions.Value("Vector_Resolution") = 800

oOptions.Value("Sheet_Range") = Inventor.PrintRangeEnum.kPrintAllSheets

'oOptions.Value("Custom_Begin_Sheet") = 2

'oOptions.Value("Custom_End_Sheet") = 4

'End If

'get PDF target folder path

oFolder = oPath

'Check for the PDF folder and create it if it does not exist

If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then

System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder)

End If

'Set the PDF target file name

oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & DP & "\" & oFileName & "_" & oRevNum & ".pdf"

'Publish document

oPDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDocument, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium)

'MessageBox.Show("PDF saved", "File Save")

'------end of iLogic-------

Regards,

Re: Job Processor custom job export thumbnails

Markus.Koechl — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:50:19 GMT

I am pretty sure that your code fails due to the "Print_Range" option. As far as I know, the Inventor Server API "ThisServer" does not provide the kPrintAllSheets option. Unfortunately, you need to loop in all sheets.

Re: Job Processor custom job export thumbnails

Tony_Yates — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:09:42 GMT

Hi Markus,

It was this line:-

oDocument = ThisServer.ActiveDocument

that was causing the issue

I changed it to :-

 Dim oDocument As Document = ThisDoc.Document

regards,

Re: Job Processor custom job export thumbnails

Markus.Koechl — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:22:50 GMT

Thank you for the update. Glad to see that the kPrintAllSheets option is working meanwhile.