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BobKat
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:31 pm    Post subject: Batch plotting Reply with quote
Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program needed?
BobKat

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Richard Charney
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
You can do it using Solidworks Task Scheduler. We use it all the time for
that. It's really easy to use to.

Richard



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Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program needed?
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BobKat
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
Richard Charney wrote:
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You can do it using Solidworks Task Scheduler. We use it all the time
for
that. It's really easy to use to.

Richard



"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program
needed?
BobKat



Thanks for the reply Richard. It appears that the task scheduler is
only available with Solidworks Office. Is this true or are you aware of
it as a stand alone program?
BobKat

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Dave H
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
Try PAC4SWX by Stefan Berlitz at http://swtools.cad.de/
I've been using it for years now and can't do without. Well worth the
money.

Dave H

BobKat wrote:
Quote:
Richard Charney wrote:

You can do it using Solidworks Task Scheduler. We use it all the time

for

that. It's really easy to use to.

Richard



"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program

needed?

BobKat




Thanks for the reply Richard. It appears that the task scheduler is
only available with Solidworks Office. Is this true or are you aware of
it as a stand alone program?
BobKat
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Richard Charney
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:51 am    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
I believe you are correct, it is only available with SW's Office. You could
try PAC4SWX. It has a free trial for download for 30 days. I tried that one
out before it worked really well too. You can get it at
http://swtools.cad.de/

Richard



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Richard Charney wrote:
You can do it using Solidworks Task Scheduler. We use it all the time
for
that. It's really easy to use to.

Richard



"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program
needed?
BobKat



Thanks for the reply Richard. It appears that the task scheduler is
only available with Solidworks Office. Is this true or are you aware of
it as a stand alone program?
BobKat
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BobKat
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Quote:
Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program needed?
BobKat


Thanks Richard and Dave. I believe I will give PAC4SWX a try. One last

question, Can PAC4SWX be used as a stand alone program without having
Solidworks installed? Our company buyer would like to run batch plots after
hours for submitting to vendors but he only has the Solidworks viewer
installed.
BobKat
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Richard Charney
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
I believe it needs to have Solidworks to actually run. I never tried it with
just the viewer, but it might work. Maybe some other people on here who use
it more often could answer that question better.

Richard


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"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program needed?
BobKat


Thanks Richard and Dave. I believe I will give PAC4SWX a try. One last
question, Can PAC4SWX be used as a stand alone program without having
Solidworks installed? Our company buyer would like to run batch plots
after
hours for submitting to vendors but he only has the Solidworks viewer
installed.
BobKat


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Dave H
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
Yes it does require SolidWorks to run. Note that this program does a
lot more than just batch print files. It also outputs to other file
formats like tiff, pdf, dxf, dwg, other solid formats and even e-drawings.

Dave H

BobKat wrote:
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"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program needed?
BobKat



Thanks Richard and Dave. I believe I will give PAC4SWX a try. One last
question, Can PAC4SWX be used as a stand alone program without having
Solidworks installed? Our company buyer would like to run batch plots after
hours for submitting to vendors but he only has the Solidworks viewer
installed.
BobKat


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CS
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Batch plotting Reply with quote
You could write a windows batch file to run it.

Where D:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKSVIEWER\SWVIEWER.exe is the path to your
SolidWorks Viewer


D:
cd Program Files\SOLIDWORKSVIEWER
SWVIEWER.exe "c:\410156.SLDDRW" /p

pause


Where %1 is a parameter passed to your batch file from another program

eg. from the command prompt
somepathto Mybatch.bat "c:\410156.SLDDRW"

and Mybatch.bat contains

D:
cd Program Files\SOLIDWORKSVIEWER
SWVIEWER.exe %1 /p

pause

in this case %1 = "c:\410156.SLDDRW"

Regards,

Corey Scheich


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Quote:
I believe it needs to have Solidworks to actually run. I never tried it
with
just the viewer, but it might work. Maybe some other people on here who
use
it more often could answer that question better.

Richard


"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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"BobKat" <bobkatfly@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Can batch plotting be done in SW 2004 or is a third party program
needed?
BobKat


Thanks Richard and Dave. I believe I will give PAC4SWX a try. One last
question, Can PAC4SWX be used as a stand alone program without having
Solidworks installed? Our company buyer would like to run batch plots
after
hours for submitting to vendors but he only has the Solidworks viewer
installed.
BobKat




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