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Jose_Costa12-Amethyst
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September 21, 2014
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Trailmaker 0.3

  • September 21, 2014
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Trailmaker is now a collection of small utilities:

1 - Trailmaker

A script to build customized trailfiles, to process files in batch mode.

Here some ideas that you can make this script work for you:

Export multiple parts to Step/Iges

Import multiple Iges/Steps to Prt´s

Export multiple Drawings to DXF/DWG/PDF

Export/verify all instances of a family table

Bring multiple parts/drawings into session

Plot a lot of drawings

Run a mapkey

Change/add/delete Parameters

Modify Units/Mass Properties

Create Jpeg´s of multiple parts

Mix all this together...

Lots of possibilities.

Video Link : 5303

2 - Assembler

Script to assemble components (by default) in a assembly in batch mode;

3 - FT-Drawing

Script to create drawings for each instance of a family table;

Video Link : 5305

4 - New_Drw

Script to create a new drawing with same name of the active model;

4 - Open_Drw

Script to open a existing drawing with same name of the active model;

Download link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nprv7wx6u2iog2n/TrailMaker.zip?dl=0

Open Readme.txt for more instructions.

Cheers

Jose

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    trigger7371-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    September 10, 2017

    Hi,

    I tried download your Trailmaker 0.3 but I always saw 429 error. Can you send me some working link?

    I would be really interested.

     

    Thanks

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    24-Ruby III
    VladimirN24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    November 17, 2017

    Please see my answer below.

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      Matheswaran1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 20, 2017

      Hi @VladimirN,

       

      Thank you 🙂

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      Matheswaran1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 16, 2017

      Hi Jose,

       

      I am getting the error message for the dropbox "

      This site can’t be reached"

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      24-Ruby III
      VladimirN24-Ruby III
      24-Ruby III
      November 17, 2017

      Try to using the following link for "TrailMaker 0.33": https://community.ptc.com/sejnu66972/attachments/sejnu66972/CreoModeling/11887/1/TrailMaker.zip

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      maciejl1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      August 27, 2019

      Could You reupload file? Current link doesn't work .

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      Niru_V10-Marble
      10-Marble
      December 25, 2017

      Hi,

       

      Can you upload the videos again?

      The link is broken or maybe the files were deleted.

       

      Thanks in advance.

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        24-Ruby III
        VladimirN24-Ruby III
        24-Ruby III
        January 16, 2018

        @Jose_Costa Please check it.

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        Jose_Costa12-AmethystAuthor
        12-Amethyst
        January 17, 2018

        Not sure what happened to the vídeos, I uploaded them  to community servers long time ago,  now they seem to have been deleted. I´ll try to create new vídeos and upload  to Youtube instead.

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          cyılmaz1-Visitor
          1-Visitor
          February 23, 2018

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            ptc-34584301-Visitor
            1-Visitor
            March 24, 2018

            @Jose_Costa Sorry to bring back this old thread, but I'm having trouble using your trailmaker. I can't get any of it to do anything. Maybe I'm missing something here. Are there certain options I need to set? I'm not seeing any trail files in my work location.

             

            Here's what I'm trying to do:

            I have a family table that I want to export JPEGs of each model.

            I have map keys set up for everything, I just need it to automatically go through the family table opening files and then running the mapkeys. What do I need to do for this?

             

            Here's the overall workflow:

            open next line in family table

            run mapkey that sets the correct render scene, choose saved orientation, refits model to screen, renders window

            run mapkey that saves a copy as JPEG.

            I have the mapkeys set up (for some reason I couldn't get both to run with one mapkey.)

             

            How do I use your trailmaker to open the family table instance and then run the mapkeys and then close the window and then repeat?

             

            Any help would be greatly appreciated!

            Thanks!

             

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            maciejl1-Visitor
            1-Visitor
            August 27, 2019

            Could You reupload file, please.

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              FR_103687613-Newcomer
              3-Newcomer
              December 14, 2022

              Any chance this script is still around? The link on dropbox has been deleted. 

               

              Being able to save out instances of a family table in STEP file format would be great and would save a lot of time. 

               

              Thanks

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              Chris321-Topaz I
              21-Topaz I
              December 15, 2022

              Its further up in this thread:

              https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Trailmaker-0-3/m-p/624107/highlight/true#M38524 

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                FR_103687613-Newcomer
                3-Newcomer
                December 15, 2022

                Thanks Chris3, 

                 

                I have got the file. I am having some trouble with the install instructions.

                 

                How do I perform step 3?

                 

                Install Instructions:
                1 - Copy TrailMaker.zip to c:\
                2 - Unzip the file (path "c:\Trailmaker\" must exist, if you use another path, change trailmaker.ini anth the path inside mapkeys)
                3 - Open C:\Trailmaker\mapkeys.txt and copy the mapkeys to inside your Config.pro
                4 - Save Config.pro
                5 - Done

                 

                Thanks, 

                 

                 

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                ICAD_Support14-Alexandrite
                14-Alexandrite
                November 28, 2025

                Hello @Jose_Costa 

                 

                Thank you for sharing this, this is really helpfull.

                 

                But, I'm not getting the expected results, I want to create drawings for each instance of a family table; however,  I'm getting results for a new drawing with same name of the active model;

                 

                I'm using Creo 12, I have updated the trail file, file_list.txt and header file as well. Any suggestions are helpful

                 

                Thank you!

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