Need to add parameters to thousand of drawings, parts & asm

[shiwangi]

Is there any way to add parameters to multiple files at the same time or some way to automate it?

Currently I am working on Creo 3.0 & Intralink.

[DavidBigelow]

You can use ModelCheck or DBatch - but those are a bit painful to setup and debug (in my opinion).

IF you want a quick solution - use CREOSON 

Here is a code example (slightly modified) from the PlayGround in CREOSON that creates/sets the same parameter across all prt files in session using a wildcard (e.g. *.prt) . -- you can do the same for assemblies and drawings just change the wildcard extension.

let paramObj = new creo.ParameterObj();

    paramObj.file = '*.prt'; //  <<-- ENTER CREO FILE and EXTENSION (can be wildcard)

    paramObj.name = 'NEW_PARAM'     // Parameter 'name' 
    paramObj.value = 'HELLO!'        // Parameter 'value'
    
    paramObj.set();

If you want to do the same for ALL Parts in a Working Directory by loading each model into memory one at a time.... you can do something like this (modified from the sample code in the CREOSON PlayGround):

function setParam(itemName) {
    let paramObj = new creo.ParameterObj();
    paramObj.file = itemName;
    paramObj.name = 'NEW_PARAM';
    paramObj.value = "WOW!";
    return paramObj.set();
}

function processItem(itemName) {

    let fileObj = new creo.FileObj();
    fileObj.display = true;
    fileObj.activate = true;
    fileObj.file = itemName;

    return fileObj.open()
              .then((itemName) => {
                  return setParam(itemName)
              });

}

function batchFiles () {

    let creoObj = new creo.CreoObj();
    let creosonUtilObj = new creo.CreosonUtils();

    creoObj.filename = "*.prt";  // <<-- ENTER CREO FILE (*) and EXTENSION
    
    creoObj.list_files()
        .then(function (respObj) {
            return creosonUtilObj.loopItems(respObj.filelist, processItem)
        })
        .then(function () {
            alert("Finished Batching!");
        })
        .catch((err) => {
            alert('ERROR: '+err);
        });

}

// START THE BATCH PROCESS!
batchFiles();

Note the above code leave everything in session within Creo - so you would have to add a save operation after each update to be more complete.

Hope that helps!

Dave