Export .dxf file with file name built from custom iProperties in the .ipt
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If ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentType <> DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
MsgBox("An Assembly Document must be active for this rule (" & iLogicVb.RuleName & ") to work. Exiting.",vbOKOnly+vbCritical, "WRONG DOCUMENT TYPE")
Exit Sub
End If
Dim oADoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisAssembly.Document
'where to save all the DXF's to
Dim oFolder As String = "C:\Temp\DXFs\"
Dim oRefDoc As Document
Dim oPDoc As PartDocument
Dim oPath, oName, oDxfName As String
Dim oCProps As Inventor.PropertySet
For Each oRefDoc In oADoc.AllReferencedDocuments
If oRefDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject Then
oPDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(oRefDoc.FullDocumentName, False)
If oPDoc.PropertySets.Item("Design Tracking Properties").Item("Document SubType Name").Value = "Sheet Metal" Then
'it is a Sheet Metal Part
oPath = IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(oPDoc.FullFileName)
oName = IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(oPDoc.FullFileName)
'here is your 'Custom' iProperties set
oCProps = oPDoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor User Defined Properties")
'assemble your DXF file name here
Dim oCProp1 As String = oCProps.Item("PropertyName").Value
Dim oCProp2 As String = oCProps.Item("OtherPropertyName").Value
oDxfName = oFolder & oName & " " & oCProp1 & " " & oCProp2 & ".dxf"
'Then export it here.
End If
End If
oPDoc.Close(True)
Next
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Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
I noticed that oDxfName contains oFolder, then at the end, in your DataIO out line, you are including oFolder in it again. This seems like a mistake to me, you should check that.
I included the SheetMetalComponentDefinition. That's where you can access stuff unique to sheet metal parts through, like the FlatPattern.
And I believe you were attempting to export the FlatPattern itself, not the whole part document to DXF, so I changed the reference in your DataIO out line.
You don't need to put the FlatPattern in edit mode to export it.
Give this a try:
'Check that the active document is an assembly file
If ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentType <> DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
MessageBox.Show("Please run this rule from the assembly file.", "iLogic")
Exit Sub
End If
Dim oADoc As AssemblyDocument
oADoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
'Get user input
RUsure = MessageBox.Show ( _
"This will create a DXF file for all of the asembly components that are sheet metal." _
& vbLf & "This rule expects that the part file is saved." _
& vbLf & " " _
& vbLf & "Are you sure you want to create DXF for all of the assembly components?" _
& vbLf & "This could take a while.", "iLogic - Batch Output DXFs ", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
If RUsure <> vbYes Then Exit Sub
'where to save all the DXF's to
Dim oFolder As String = "H:\Detailing\Inventor\DXF_FILES\DXFs\"
'Check for the DXF folder and create it if it does not exist
If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder)
End If
Dim oRefDoc As Document
Dim oPath, oName, oDxfName As String
For Each oRefDoc In oADoc.AllReferencedDocuments
If oRefDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject Then
Dim oPDoc As PartDocument = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(oRefDoc.FullDocumentName, False)
If oPDoc.PropertySets.Item("Design Tracking Properties").Item("Document SubType Name").Value = "Sheet Metal" Then
Dim oSMDef As SheetMetalComponentDefinition = oPDoc.ComponentDefinition
oName = IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(oPDoc.FullFileName)
'here is your 'Custom' iProperties set
Dim oCProps As Inventor.PropertySet = oPDoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor User Defined Properties")
'assemble your DXF file name here
Dim oCProp1 As String = oCProps.Item("JOB_NUMBER").Value
Dim oCProp2 As String = oCProps.Item("NESTING_DIGIT").Value
Dim oCProp3 As String = oCProps.Item("MARK").Value
oDxfName = oFolder & oName & oCProp1 & oCProp2 & oCProp3 & ".dxf"
Dim oFPattern As FlatPattern
If oSMDef.HasFlatPattern = False Then
Try
'create flat pattern
oSMDef.Unfold
oFPattern = oSMDef.FlatPattern
Catch
'don't exit rule, just skip to the next loop document
MsgBox("Failed to 'Unfold' " & oPDoc.FullFileName & vbCrLf & _
"Skipping it and continuing to the next document.", , "")
Continue For
End Try
Else 'if flat pattern exists
oFPattern = oSMDef.FlatPattern
End If
Dim sOut As String = "FLAT PATTERN DXF?AcadVersion=2000&OuterProfileLayer=Outer&CustomizeFilename=H:\Detailing\Inventor\DESIGN_DATA\Design Data\DWG-DXF\FlatPattern.xml"
oFPattern.DataIO.WriteDataToFile(sOut, oFolder & "\" & oDxfName)
End If
oPDoc.Close(True)
End If
Next
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Wesley Crihfield
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Hi @car_quezada. I am not sure what may be the problem. Does the code show an error message when you run it? If so, can you tell us what it says (preferably in English). Also, there are usually 2 tabs in the error message, and the tab named 'More Info' is better one to get the information from, because it contains more detailed information. Also, if that error message says which line of code the error is being caused by, that would be very helpful for us to know also.
Looking back at my code from that earlier post, the first line of code beyond where the folder is created where I think might possibly cause a problem is this one:
If oPDoc.PropertySets.Item("Design Tracking Properties").Item("Document SubType Name").Value = "Sheet Metal" Then...because it is checking for a name in English, when that value may be in another language. Not sure if that is true or not though. There are other lines of code that could be used there, for that same purpose though. Try changing that line of code to this:
If TypeOf oPDoc.ComponentDefinition Is SheetMetalComponentDefinition Then
Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
Hi @WCrihfield thanks for the quick response and interest. First, I need to apologize for the lack of formatting in my previous comment. I will try to make it better this time.
I tried changing the line in the code and something started to happen. Previously, I didn't receive any error messages; nothing happened. But now this error shows up. (I tried the code in a new assembly just in case, and on another computer.)
Just to reduse de error options, Im using Inventor 2023.4 (English)
So right know my code looks like this
'Sub Main()
'Check that the active document is an assembly file
If ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentType <> DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
MessageBox.Show("Please run this rule from the assembly file.", "iLogic")
Exit Sub
End If
Dim oADoc As AssemblyDocument
oADoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
'Get user input
RUsure = MessageBox.Show ( _
"This will create a DXF file for all of the asembly components that are sheet metal." _
& vbLf & "This rule expects that the part file is saved." _
& vbLf & " " _
& vbLf & "Are you sure you want to create DXF for all of the assembly components?" _
& vbLf & "This could take a while.", "iLogic - Batch Output DXFs ", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
If RUsure <> vbYes Then Exit Sub
'where to save all the DXF's to
Dim oFolder As String = "D:\Trabajo\TEST EXPORT DXF\"
'Check for the DXF folder and create it if it does not exist
If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(oFolder) Then
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(oFolder)
End If
Dim oRefDoc As Document
Dim oPath, oName, oDxfName As String
For Each oRefDoc In oADoc.AllReferencedDocuments
If oRefDoc.DocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject Then
Dim oPDoc As PartDocument = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(oRefDoc.FullDocumentName, False)
If TypeOf oPDoc.ComponentDefinition Is SheetMetalComponentDefinition Then
Dim oSMDef As SheetMetalComponentDefinition = oPDoc.ComponentDefinition
oName = IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(oPDoc.FullFileName)
'here is your 'Custom' iProperties set
Dim oCProps As Inventor.PropertySet = oPDoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor User Defined Properties")
'assemble your DXF file name here
Dim oCProp1 As String = oCProps.Item("#ITEM").Value
Dim oCProp2 As String = oCProps.Item("Thickness").Value
Dim oCProp3 As String = oCProps.Item("#CANT").Value
oDxfName = oFolder & oName & oCProp1 & "_" & oCProp2 & "_" & oCProp3 & "units" & ".dxf"
Dim oFPattern As FlatPattern
If oSMDef.HasFlatPattern = False Then
Try
'create flat pattern
oSMDef.Unfold
oFPattern = oSMDef.FlatPattern
Catch
'don't exit rule, just skip to the next loop document
MsgBox("Failed to 'Unfold' " & oPDoc.FullFileName & vbCrLf & _
"Skipping it and continuing to the next document.", , "")
Continue For
End Try
Else 'if flat pattern exists
oFPattern = oSMDef.FlatPattern
End If
Dim sOut As String = "FLAT PATTERN DXF?AcadVersion=2004" _
+ "&OuterProfileLayer=IV_INTERIOR_PROFILES" _
+ "&InvisibleLayers=IV_TANGENT;IV_FEATURE_PROFILES_DOWN;IV_BEND;IV_BEND_DOWN;IV_TOOL_CENTER;IV_TOOL_CENTER_DOWN;IV_ARC_CENTERS;IV_FEATURE_PROFILES;IV_FEATURE_PROFILES_DOWN;IV_ALTREP_FRONT;IV_ALTREP_BACK;IV_ROLL_TANGENT;IV_ROLL" _
+ "&SimplifySplines=True" _
+ "&BendLayerColor=255;255;0"
oFPattern.DataIO.WriteDataToFile(sOut, oFolder & "\" & oDxfName)
End If
oPDoc.Close(True)
End If
Next
Again thanks for the help
OK. I do see a couple things that are likely causing problems here. The error message says it is throwing the error at the line of code that is calling the DataIO.WriteDataToFile method, but does not indicate any further reason for the error, so we must assume it has to do with what we are specifying as inputs into that method. It is not an argument exception, so the inputs meet basic requirements, but are causing a different type of error. I believe this is due to the full file name of the DXF file being specified there. I say this, because I see earlier in your code where those two variables (oFolder & oDxfName) are being used, and see some problems there. First of all, Line 22, where that 'oFolder' variable is first declared, and its initial value is set. You are already including the "\" character at the end. This by itself is not necessarily a problem. However, in Line 71 you are adding another "\" character in there between the folder and file name, which would be too many to be valid. But that is not all. In Line 47, you are already including 'oFolder' within the value of the 'oDxfName' value (without the extra "\" character, which is correct). So, the quickest way to fix this error might be to simply eliminate the "oFolder & "\" &" portion out of Line 71, leaving just the 'oDxfName' variable for that second input of that method.
Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
