In 10.1 and later, you can use additional file type publishing to create the IGES file: https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS81396. You can use something like this to get the IGES file from the published representation: https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS113634.
This is what we use to get the plt/hpgl and dxf from the default drawing rep:
private static boolean extractContent(EPMDocument EPMDoc, String dlLoc, Date currentTS, String drwNo, String drwRev) {
boolean fileFound = false;
try {
Representation defaultRep = RepresentationHelper.service.getDefaultRepresentation(EPMDoc);
System.out.println("Obtained Representation");
if(defaultRep != null) {
//drwRev is actually the version (revision.iteration), e.g. 00.1. Uncomment the following lines to remove the iteration.
//if(drwRev.contains(".")){
// drwRev = drwRev.substring(0, drwRev.indexOf("."));
//}
ContentHolder holder=ContentHelper.service.getContents(defaultRep);
Vector contents=ContentHelper.getContentListAll(holder);
ApplicationData data=null;
System.out.println("Size of all contents: "+contents.size());
for (int i=0;i<contents.size();i++) {
if (contents.get(i) instanceof ApplicationData) {
data=(ApplicationData)contents.get(i);
String empRepfileName = data.getFileName();
String fileName = drwNo;
if (data!=null && (empRepfileName.endsWith("plt") || empRepfileName.endsWith("dxf") || empRepfileName.endsWith("_dxf.zip"))) {
Date docTS = toDate(data.getModifyTimestamp());
System.out.println("doc timestamp--"+data.getModifyTimestamp()+" current timestamp :"+currentTS);
System.out.println("file name before change: "+empRepfileName);
if (docTS.after(currentTS)) {
fileFound = true;
if (empRepfileName.endsWith("plt")) {
fileName = fileName+".hpgl";
}
else if (empRepfileName.endsWith("dxf")) {
fileName = fileName+"_"+drwRev+".dxf";
}
else if (empRepfileName.endsWith("_dxf.zip")){
fileName = fileName+"_"+drwRev+"_dxf.zip";
}
System.out.println("file name after change: "+fileName);
File saveAsFile = new java.io.File(dlLoc+"\\",fileName); // input your location and file name
ContentServerHelper.service.writeContentStream((ApplicationData)data, saveAsFile.getCanonicalPath());
System.out.println("Download Step Executed.\n");
}
}
}
}
}
} catch(java.lang.Exception exception) {
exception.printStackTrace();
}
return fileFound;
}
