Auto Cad - eTransmit bulk export (approx. 25 CAD files)

[Anand_Istam]

Dear all could you please help out or suggest the way forward.
is there any option to export etransmit files in bulk ? approx. 25 cad files.

The traditional method only allows exporting eTransmit for one CAD file at a time.

sample etrasmit file contains

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I have 25 CAD files and want to export 25 eTransmit packages for all of them at once. after export , each .zip file should contain above folder stru. 
is there any third party plugin or lisp etc.,

thank u

[imadHabash]

Hi,

As much as i understand your issue ...

You can add many CAD files While creating a transmittal package, you can also:

• Create a ZIP file from or copy the drawing and support files to a folder.
• Manually add drawing and non-drawing files that are not referenced by the current drawing.
• Resave all drawing files in a transmittal package to a specific file format and maintain visual fidelity.
• Bind xrefs and purge unnecessary named objects (styles) from the drawings.

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Note:

If the above answer did not meet with your needs. Please try to elaborate more your issue?

[Anand_Istam]

thank u for your time,

i have added one file and etransmitted and the final result shows as below images. i understood that folders are created for only working file whereas added file does not have .zip file and just created folder which contain single cad file. 

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my requirement is added file also should have the same folder struc (xref,plotcfgs,work file , .txt file)

[catherine.watson · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anand_Istam, 

I just tested the workflow described in the article (which seems to be the same as what was previously mentioned in the thread), and I found that it is not possible to maintain the folder structure you described above when multiple DWG files are eTransmitted from AutoCAD at once. All the DWG files and their supporting files will be included in the transmittal package, but they will not be in their own individual folders.

If you want each file and its supporting files to be to be in its own folder with the folder structure (as shown above) try the following steps:

1. Use ETRANSMIT individually on each of the files to zip them and their supporting files together.
2. Use ETRANSMIT again and add each of the zipped folders you made to create a transmittal package with all of your files.
   • See the following article for more detailed steps: Is it possible to do a bulk etransmit in AutoCAD based products?

The output should hold the file structure you are looking for. Let me know if this does not work for you. 

[Anand_Istam]

thank you for reply, 

even though this option is not working. as confirmed by autodesk team, there is no bulk etransmit option in autocad. 

[DGCSCAD]

-etransmit (the command line version) along with Lee Mac's Script Writer might be an option.

[catherine.watson]

Hi @Anand_Istam, To clarify, are the steps I sent not working on your device, or are they working but not producing the desired outcome?

[cadffm]

Hi,

he 's asking about to create 25x single file etransmit export IN ONE STEP.

Nothing you linked to will do that.

I don't know why someone need this, perhaps 25 different projects, I don't know -  but this was the question

and AutoCAD does not offer an option like that.

25 files and other linked stuff, export to 1 zip, no problem.

25 files and linked stuff, export to 25 zips IN ONE STEP and each contains the linked stuff for the archived .dwg file: Nope

[catherine.watson]

Understood - thank you @cadffm 

[Anand_Istam]

thank u for reply.
Not 25 diff. projects. if i want to etrasnmit of 25 files , i have to open all the cad files and start doing etransmit one by one, this process consumes lot of time and people has to attention while extracting. Hence, i am searching is there any alternate option to do this task at single step.

[cadffm]

Tried the script way?

Should work, while in SingleDocumentInterface mode - DGCSCAD post #9 above

[Anand_Istam]

i am not aware of script way. 
i do not know how to prepare the script.

[paullimapa · Accepted solution]

Script file is basically a text file containing a sequence of AutoCAD commands or Lisp functions.

The file can be created using Notepad but must be saved with file extension .SCR

Here's an example of a Script file (attached inside zip called eTransmit.scr) that first saves the current drawing and then runs the eTransmit command using the current Transmittal Setup:

; Begin Script File
_.Qsave
(command "_.-Etransmit" "_Create" (strcat(getvar"dwgprefix")(vl-filename-base(getvar"dwgname"))))
; End Script File

You can call a Script file from within the AutoCAD dwg using the SCRIPT command and then select the file.

Since there isn't an option to create a eTransmit Transmittal I would run the eTransmit command first and modify the Standard Transmittal setup to include the options required:

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As @DGCSCAD pointed out you can run a Script file on all dwgs in a specific folder with Lee Mac's Script Writer app

Or if you want to run the Script on a selected set of dwgs then you can download my free Script Magician app from the Autodesk App Store:

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https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=2118429164776866789&appLang=en&os=Win64

Then run Script Magician's added command SMD:

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Click the Default button to select script eTransmit.scr 

Click Add button to select all the drawings to apply this script file on.

Finally click Start button to begin the individual drawing eTransmit process

FYI, Script Magician also has a command called SMF which like Script Writer can process a Script file on all dwgs inside a selected folder:

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[stensen4Z4UQ]

Many thanks! This works like a charm. Im currently on a project that has a lot of small subprojects. Each project has seperate DWG-files for demolition, pavemant, sewage, ducts, cabels, road signs and marking etc. etc. We had to manually open each DWG and E-transmit them when a new revision was made. This together with 'batch plot' en 'Batch Attribute Editor from Lee Mac' saves countless hours of boring repetitive tasks 

[paullimapa]

Glad to have helped…cheers!!!

[Anand_Istam]

thank you for reply, i will check from my side. 

if it works , great news

[paullimapa]

you're welcome...cheers!!!

[jreidKVSUZ]

Maybe I am wrong in what you are wanting.

But if you do what #2 said to pick Use Organized Folders. (see pasted image below for all the steps and the folder / file that I did)

Then say ok to all that and then Pick ADD FILE. Pick your File or Files that you want in what ever Folder or Folders you have, Pick the File or Files that reside in those folders, eTransmit will copy those Folders and Files into one Zip including the one that you started your eTransmit with.

Give it a try. It worked for me... if that is what you were wanting.

Hope this helps!!

Thanks, JRR!

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