Automatically create a PDF upon save of a Drawing?
Hi @gobluejd -San.
Interesting idea.
The UserInterface.commandTerminated event is fired when all commands are finished.
https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-E381414E-1CFF-4007-B1DF-C413D7E6841A
This event should be used to export PDF files when the following conditions are met
・When a save command is executed.
・When the active document is a drawing.
We have created a simple add-in.
When you start the add-in execution, a dialog will appear to select a folder to export the PDF file.
After that, the PDF file will be exported every time the drawing is saved.
If you want to stop the function, please exit the add-in.
#FusionAPI_python addin
import traceback
import adsk.core as core
import adsk.drawing as drawing
import pathlib
_handlers = []
_exportDir = ""
_target_cmd_ids = [
"PLM360SaveCommand",
]
def run(context):
ui: core.UserInterface = None
try:
app: core.Application = core.Application.get()
ui = app.userInterface
global _exportDir
_exportDir = get_export_folder_path()
if len(_exportDir) < 1: return
global _handlers
onCommandTerminated = MyCommandTerminatedHandler()
ui.commandTerminated.add(onCommandTerminated)
_handlers.append(onCommandTerminated)
app.log(
"Start addin(AutoPdfOnSave)"
)
except:
if ui:
ui.messageBox('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))
def stop(context):
try:
core.Application.get().log(
"Stop addin(AutoPdfOnSave)"
)
except:
print('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))
class MyCommandTerminatedHandler(core.ApplicationCommandEventHandler):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def notify(self, args: core.ApplicationCommandEventArgs):
global _target_cmd_ids
if args.commandId not in _target_cmd_ids: return
app: core.Application = core.Application.get()
doc: drawing.DrawingDocument = drawing.DrawingDocument.cast(app.activeDocument)
if not doc: return
dataFile: core.DataFile = doc.dataFile
filename = f"{dataFile.name} v{dataFile.versionNumber}.pdf"
global _exportDir
exportPath = str(
pathlib.Path(_exportDir) / filename
)
drawExpMgr: drawing.DrawingExportManager = doc.drawing.exportManager
expOpt: drawing.DrawingExportOptions = drawExpMgr.createPDFExportOptions(
exportPath
)
drawExpMgr.execute(expOpt)
app.log(
f"Export PDF:{exportPath}"
)
def get_export_folder_path(
) -> str:
app: core.Application = core.Application.get()
ui: core.UserInterface = app.userInterface
dialog: core.FolderDialog = ui.createFolderDialog()
dialog.title = "PDF Export Folder"
res = dialog.showDialog()
if res == core.DialogResults.DialogOK:
return dialog.folder
else:
return ""
Each time you save, the exported log is written to a TextCommands window.
@gobluejd -San.
I don't use Dropbox, so I tried using OneDrive and was able to export PDFs without any problems.
I ran it on Win10, but since it doesn't do any OS-dependent processing, it should work on MAC as well, so there may be other problems.
Can I export to another local folder?
Also, PDF export is not supported by the personal license.
@gobluejd -San.
The add-in may not be registered properly.
Extract the zip file. After pressing the green +, specify the following folder
└ AutoPdfOnSave/
└ AutoPdfOnSave/ <--here
└ AutoPdfOnSave.manifest
└ AutoPdfOnSave.pyThe folders containing "xx.manifest" and "xx.py" must all have the same name, including the folder name.
If you see the following, registration is complete.
