Pro/E & Visual Basic Interfacing HELP!!!

[Dandreoli]

Does Pro/E have functionality with Visual Basic or some programming language?

I am a recent grad, new to Pro/E and have a little VBA experience. I am trying to create some code which will allow me to automatically open Pro/E files, create PDF's and then close the file. I haven't used these community type sites much either, so I don't think I am searching very effectively. If someone could point me in the right direction I would be so grateful.

Eager to learn all I can,

thanks very much,

Derek A.

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[teoti18]

Hi Derek

A new Parametric Foundation Classes (PFC) based Visual Basic API is available in Wildfire
4.0. Users versed in Visual Basic programming can use this new API to automate and
customize Pro/ENGINEER from Visual Basic.NET applications and Visual Basic macros in
applications like Microsoft Word, Excel or Access.
The Visual Basic API:
- Contains the same capabilities as asynchronous J-Link (core Pro/ENGINEER part,
assembly, and drawing manipulation; Windchill server access; data exchange; Pro/
ENGINEER user interface customization and applications triggered by events
occurring in the Pro/ENGINEER session)
- Is compatible with Visual Basic .NET 2005 and Visual Basic for Applications
- Can be used to transfer data between drawings and OLE objects embedded in Pro/
ENGINEEER drawings, such as Excel spreadsheets
- Requires no license beyond the license to run Pro/ENGINEER
Users already familiar with Visual Basic will find this API easier to use than less familiar
APIs. Users may apply this API to transfer information between Pro/ENGINEER and other
Windows applications with Visual Basic APIs.

source: http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/files/65595/en/WhatsNew20Feb.pdf
(Product What's New: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0)

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 VB API User’s Guide (June 2009):

http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/files/61622/en/vbug61622.pdf

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 VB API User’s Guide (July 2010):

http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/files/99870/en/WF5_M050_vbug.pdf

So long!

teoti18

[TomDecock]

Derek,

Besides the fact that you could achieve it with Visual Basic, do you know that Pro/E has a built in tool - called Distributed Pro/BATCH - where automatic PDF export of a given list of drawings is standard functionality ? It may save you some programming work. The Standalone version is included in a Foundation XE license.

Regards,

Tom

[Dandreoli]

Thanks Tom,

It looks like Pro/BATCH is going to do what I need. Do you know where I can find additional .ttd files? I don't seem to have the pdf creator in my folder for some reason.

Thanks very much

Derek A.

[danderson-3]

Derek,

<Load Point>\text\ttds

plot_drw_to_pdf.ttd

or

plot_drw_single_pg_to_pdf.ttd

Regards,

Don A