3 Replies Latest reply on Apr 29, 2015 6:23 PM by Jeff Sweeney

How to Reload SheetFormat Automatically

Jason Parker Apr 20, 2015 1:36 PM

I work for a startup whose drawing templates are constantly evolving, and many of the Engineers are getting frustrated that they have to keep reloading the sheetformat to implement any sheetformat changes. Is there a way I can go about automatically reloading the sheetformat for several hundred drawings via a state transition, dispatch script, or via api/task?

Re: How to Reload SheetFormat Automatically

Jeff Sweeney Apr 24, 2015 5:10 PM (in response to Jason Parker)
It is going to take some API to swap sheet formats.

I've done it several different ways:
A SW add-in that automatically ensures the latest version of the sheet format is loaded every time a drawing is opened
A batch routine that opens each file and swaps the format
Keep a very simple "ghost" template that really isn't much more than a space claimer, then modify the print or convert tasks to put the full, latest and greatest sheet format on just before it is printed or converted. The file is closed without saving, so drawings never have the sheet format as saved in the vault
A SW macro button that the user can click to swap formats
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Re: How to Reload SheetFormat Automatically

Mike Sveda Apr 28, 2015 1:14 PM (in response to Jason Parker)

Jeff, can you share how to do a macro for us code dummies?
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  Jeff Sweeney Apr 29, 2015 6:23 PM (in response to Mike Sveda)
  
  Check out this thread: MACRO: change sheet format
  
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