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MechMachineMan
in reply to: Skanda_UNI

Proper variable declaration of variables goes a long ways.

 

Sub Main()
	Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument
	oAsmDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
	oAsmName = Left(oAsmDoc.DisplayName, Len(oAsmDoc.DisplayName) -4)
	
	'check that the active document is an assembly file
	If ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.DocumentType <> kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
		MessageBox.Show("Please run this rule from the assembly file.", "iLogic")
		Exit Sub
	End If
	
	'get user input
	If MessageBox.Show ( _
		"This will create a PDF file for all of the asembly components that have drawings files." _
		& vbLf & "This rule expects that the drawing file shares the same name and location as the component." _
		& vbLf & " " _
		& vbLf & "Are you sure you want to create PDF Drawings for all of the assembly components?" _
		& vbLf & "This could take a while.", "iLogic  - Batch Output PDFs ",MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) = vbNo Then
		
		Exit Sub
	End If
		
	Dim PDFAddIn As TranslatorAddIn
Dim oContext As TranslationContext Dim oOptions As NameValueMap Dim oDataMedium As DataMedium
Call ConfigurePDFAddinSettings(PDFAddIn, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) oPath = ThisDoc.Path oFolder = oPath & "\" & oAsmName & " PDF Files" If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder) End If '- - - - - - - - - - - - -Component Drawings - - - - - - - - - - - -'look at the files referenced by the assembly Dim oRefDoc As Document For Each oRefDoc In oRefDocs = oAsmDoc.AllReferencedDocuments idwPathName = Left(oRefDoc.FullDocumentName, Len(oRefDoc.FullDocumentNaMe) - 3) & "idw" If(System.IO.File.Exists(idwPathName)) Then Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(idwPathName, True) oFileName = Left(oRefDoc.DisplayName, Len(oRefDoc.DisplayName) -3) On Error Resume Next oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & "\" & oFileName & "pdf" Call PDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDrawDoc, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) oDrawDoc.Close On Error Goto 0 End If Next '- - - - - - - - - - - - - '- - - - - - - - - - - - -Top Level Drawing - - - - - - - - - - - - Dim oAsmDrawingDoc As DrawingDocument oAsmDrawingDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(ThisDoc.ChangeExtension(".idw"), True) oAsmDrawingName = Left(oAsmDrawingDoc.DisplayName, Len(oAsmDrawingDoc.DisplayName) -3) On Error Resume Next oDataMedium.FileName = oFolder & "\" & oAsmDrawingName & "pdf" Call PDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oAsmDrawingDoc, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) oAsmDrawingDoc.Close MessageBox.Show("New Files Created in: " & vbLf & oFolder, "iLogic") Shell("explorer.exe " & oFolder,vbNormalFocus) End Sub Sub ConfigurePDFAddinSettings(ByRef PDFAddIn As TranslatorAddIn, ByRef oContext As TranslationContext, ByRef oOptions As NameValueMap, ByRef oDataMedium As DataMedium) oPath = ThisDoc.Path PDFAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}") oContext = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext oContext.Type = IOMechanismEnum.kFileBrowseIOMechanism oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 1 oOptions.Value("Remove_Line_Weights") = 0 oOptions.Value("Vector_Resolution") = 400 oOptions.Value("Sheet_Range") = Inventor.PrintRangeEnum.kPrintAllSheets oOptions.Value("Custom_Begin_Sheet") = 1 oOptions.Value("Custom_End_Sheet") = 1 oDataMedium = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium End Sub

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Justin K
Inventor 2018.2.3, Build 227 | Excel 2013+ VBA
ERP/CAD Communication | Custom Scripting
Machine Design | Process Optimization


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