Adding build stratergy sets to a configuration directly

[morgan_drysdale]

Hello! 

I would like some help with adding large numbers of build stratergy sets to a configuration. I have >50 subsets to add, and thought first to use the .json export/import. After building a program which generated my .json files from the export template, I noticed I need to import them one at a time. While I could import each one by one to the configuration, I will need to do this again in the future and so it will end up taking quite some time. Is there some way for me to add the build stratergies in bulk directly to the configuration? Is there a database which I could edit, and if so where? I noticed that the configuration type is unchangeable from "EBPA", which by name suggests the configuration objects are encrypted. Is there a way for me to import multiple .json files at once? 

Thank you so much for any input! 

[steffen_anders_adsk]

Hello, @morgan_drysdale,

Welcome to the Netfabb forum!

There is currently no way to bulk-import JSON files for EBPA configurations.

As a workaround, you could add the necessary entries manually to the machine workspace file.

Machine workspace files are located at %APPDATA%\netfabb as XML files.

There you would find the various strategies as <slm><wizard><parameterset> elements. You could replicate the particular structure of parameter and value elements for the EBPA in question and insert manually directly into this file what you would otherwise import via JSON.

A configuration contains a copy of an EBPA and a set of parameter values.

An EBPA is a custom build processor. Only the processing logic (including default values) is encrypted, the parameter values you feed it (custom or accepted from defaults ) are not.

Best regards,

Seffen

[morgan_drysdale]

Thank you so much for your great answer Steffen, this is a big help!