13 Replies Latest reply on Sep 6, 2018 11:51 AM by Tim Smith

Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Mike Sveda Dec 7, 2011 10:24 AM

I have some print tasks set up. However, when I select a group of drawings to batch print, the task does not seem to send them to the printer in any kind of order. It would be nice if it could sort by the filename and print in order. Any ideas?

Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Wim Van Der Velden Dec 13, 2011 5:56 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

This is a real problem. Even the sheets of a multi-sheet drawing aren't print together!
Please SW improve this!
We have projects with a several hundreds of drawings and it takes hours to sort the paper drawings.....
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  Mike Sveda Jan 3, 2012 8:45 AM (in response to Wim Van Der Velden)
  
  Glad I'm not the only one. Before there were tasks, we had a dispatch routine that would print in order but it became obsolete with newere versions of Solidoworks as the tool used as a basis was no longer updated.
  
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Travis Marshall Jan 3, 2012 9:00 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

I havent seen it be able to print in order either, I do know that it does take about 15 minutes to run our tasks.
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Wim Van Der Velden Jul 5, 2012 11:58 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

Our VAR made an add-in for EPDM and our drawings are printed in order now. The order we use is according to the tree structure. They also build in a lot of options, like: Header/footer text; Type of printer depending on sheet size; Printing paper size depending on sheet size; Pdf/dwg/dxf/eDrawing export; Reverse printing order. This is a nice tool, which should be standard in EPDM!
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Senad Muhovic Jul 5, 2018 4:55 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

Hi,
I have the same problem. How can we print drawings in numerical order? Many thanks for future suggestions?
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Barbara Jerin Jul 11, 2018 4:01 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

Hi,
We use a workaround:
we are always exporting drawings to PDF and then we merge them together into one big PDF with a Free PDFmerge tool. Printing this big PDF the drawings remain in order.

I know this is not a PDM solution but maybe useful for somebody searching for a simple solution .
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Sam Sam Jul 11, 2018 8:10 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

Hi,
The XnView program can be of real interest to those who have no Add-ins.
At the same time the program is absolutely free and is automatically built in context menu PDM.
I use XnView version 2.42 with the ghostscript module for PDF (gs854w32.exe).
There is both a sorting and batch print with a choice and convenient viewing and many other things.
For big formats it is possible to use PDFXChange.
Can do it not absolutely on a question subject, but can be of interest to someone.
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Mike Sveda Jul 11, 2018 8:19 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

I am using CustomTools for printing instead of using PDM print functions since it lets me print in order
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  Duncan Gillis Sep 5, 2018 10:29 PM (in response to Mike Sveda)
  
  +1 for CUSTOMTOOLS printing of drawings!!
  
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    Tim Smith Sep 6, 2018 11:51 AM (in response to Duncan Gillis)
    
    Unfortunately my company won't spend more money to get functionality that should come in the software they already bought
    
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Senad Muhovic Jul 12, 2018 7:59 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)

Document Creator from ToolWorks is very god add in for SolidWorks and PDM, But it is expired.
It could, with a simple mouse click, sort all drawings in numerical order and merge them in to one pdf file. I can still use it, but the problem is that, we can not get more support for it.
Now I'm testing PDM print task. It runs fine, but without sorting. I will miss my good document creator.
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Tim Webb Jul 18, 2018 12:51 PM (in response to Mike Sveda)

Hey Mike,

Good to see you. We recommend Flatter Files to all our customers. Not only does it publish your drawings to PDF automatically upon release, it also allows you to print drawing packages in the order you specify.

Watch our Youtube video. Flatter Files - Print drawings in order - YouTube

Publishing drawings to Flatter Files also carries data card fields with it, maintains attached reference trees, creates assembly views, and more. Big name companies like Muncie Power Products, Vermeer Corporation, Kimray Corporation, Makerbot, etc. are using this solution for their PDM content distribution needs.

Tim
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Re: Print Task, is there a way to print files in order?

Tim Smith Sep 5, 2018 7:02 PM (in response to Mike Sveda)

Apparently you need to get your VAR to add you to the SPR# 687355. It's a known issue with no implementation date yet. Get all your friends to pile on to it too. Maybe release 2020
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