yang686526

solidworks batch print and analysis
hi all,
i am busy working on a vb6 app that traverses an assembly file, looks up drawings in adept, also get custom properties and checks them against our design rules.
for the batch print you can set what paper size you want and it will print to the relevent printer or set an alternate printer and it will scale to whatever the printer can print.
or you can set the size to drw and it will then look at the drawing, get the paper size and print to the relevant printer.
here are a couple of screen shots.
let me know what you think.
next shot..

this is cool tool so far. i wouldn't limit the list generation to just assemblies. it would be just as useful to general a list by folder selection, and by manual file selection (drawing by drawing) regardless to location or where-used.
matt lorono
cad engineer/ecn analyst
silicon valley, ca
yeah i can see the benefits of that, but we use this to issue parts to our factory. and we issue one assembly at a time.
basically this generates a bom and writes it into a table for use by our mrp system. our assemblies have parts all over the place in all sorts of directories that is why is traverses the assembly. it can also traverse a drawing.. ie. open drawing and it will find the model and then begin traversal.
it uses adept to find the relevant drawing for the listed parts and assemblies.