Batch saving and opening multiple files at once

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September 6, 2012
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Once again my reach exceeds my grasp in Creo. Is it possible to open several files at once? For example I need to save 10 files as step files. I would like to open all ten of them and then as I save them close their windows. But to do this I have to click file, open, select my part, and repeat. Why can't I select 10 parts. I realize there is performance issues with letting people open 1000 files at once, but 5-10 isn't a big deal.

On that topic, is there a way to batch automate saving files as step files. My company includes a .stp file to our manufacturers for reference. That means I have to save hundreds of files as .stp sometimes. I would love a way to drop a .bat file or something into a folder and have it save all the proe parts as .stp files.

Thanks in advance,

A overworked mechanical engineer.

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SamuelBrantner

16-Pearl

Hi Josh,

i don't think their is a convenient solution to do such a task with standard Pro/E / Creo functionality. You can only easy your pain with some mapkeys.

We have some toolkit tools that could do that task for you. If you would like futher information about that feel free to email me to samuel@buw-soft.de

greetings

Sam

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TomD.inPDX

17-Peridot

Odd little work around idea; if you find yourself doing this with the same parts often... build an assembly with all the parts and assemblies you want to open. That way you open the "mass assembly" and everything would be in memory (except drawings).

You might also consider editing a trail file to automate the process. Simply capture a trail file with the commands you want for one model and edit the trail to duplicate the process for the remaining files. This method would let you do drawings as well.

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BrianMartin

13-Aquamarine

Hi Joshua...

Sam and Antonius have offered two good ideas. However, there is a utility provided with your installation of Creo that can do this job for you. It's called Distributed Pro/BATCH. Previously there was just a probatch.exe file located in the loadpoint of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire that allowed you to launch the application in batch mode to generate plot, step, PDF, or other output files. Now the process is a bit different.

Distributed Pro/BATCH comes for free with any installation of Creo. You can provide a list of files to the batch processor and the application will create output files for you.

There's also a capability for batch processing within Creo View. You may not have licenses for Creo View... but if you do, I might even try the new batch processor with Creo View first. If you don't have a license of Creo View, look for information on Distributed Pro/BATCH. I believe it shows up as dbatchs.exe in the Creo Common Files directory.

Let me know if you need further instructions...

Thanks!

-Brian

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John.Pryal

1-Visitor

Hi Brian,

further instruction would be very helpful, i am struggling to see how this works. I got the same error message as Josh. I have to output dxf & pdf for all my drawing sets, typically 20 to 30 drawings per set, it takes an age. I have asked this question in the past, but nobody replied if my memory serves me correctly. I am currently using Creo Elements/pro.

Regards

John

ps. sorry for hi-jacking the post

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gkoch

1-Visitor

Stumbled over this old thread and resolved it as assumed answered.

Rounding up:

The tool to use is <install>\Parametric\bin\ptcdbatch.bat
It requires to install Distributed Batch Services
It is slighly more complex than the old probatch.bat, because it unifies remote and local processing
Errors regarding unicodes are pretty general, mostly related to system paths
- See PTC Knowledge Database article CS135880 : Error because of missing ucore library when launching applications (http://www.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS135880)