Use a parameter value in a file name?

[mdebower]

Hi there,

Anybody ever insert a Pro/E parameter value into a file name automatically?

What I want to do is export / Copy As to a STEP file, but include a Pro/E parameter in the filename. The revision for example.

-marc

CAD / PLM Systems Manager

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[dgschaefer]

We do so here to append the revision parameter automatically. It's not
a simple process. We use a series of nested mapkeys along with nested
batch files to process the output.



Our method goes something like this:



1. Create a temporary folder on the server
2. Output the file in the desired format to the temporary folder
3. Save the parameter information for the file to the temporary
folder as a text file
4. Use a batch file to parse the text file for the desired
parameter ('revision' on our case) and extract that parameter value to a
variable
5. Use a batch file to find the name of the file that was exported.
6. Use a batch file to create an final output folder named with the
date and the file type (111027_IGES for example)
7. Use a batch file to rename the output file
<filename>_<revision>.<type> and move it into the final output folder
8. Use a batch file to clean up all the temp files and folders



I can give you more detail if you want, but that's the gist of it. Your
process may vary based on your parameter names, server structure, etc.



Doug Schaefer

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Stefan

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