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Importandsavenonnativefiles
ByAdamNagy(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/adamnagy.html)
Whenyouimportanonnativefilethenyouareusingatranslatoraddintodotheimport.Eachofthemmighthavedifferentoptionswhichcanaffecthowyouimplementthings.
Asshowninthisblogpostyoucaneasilyfindoutalltheoptionsavailableforatranslatoraddin:
http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2014/02/getoptionnamesandvaluessupportedbyinventortranslatoraddinsviaapi.html
(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2014/02/getoptionnamesandvaluessupportedbyinventortranslatoraddinsviaapi.html)
ForSolidWorkstranslatoraddin'sopenoptionsyou'dgetsomethinglikethisinInventor2016:

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SaveComponentDuringLoad
True
SaveLocationIndex
1
ComponentDestFolder
C:\Users\adamnagy\Documents\Inventor\SW\
AssemDestFolder
C:\Users\adamnagy\Documents\Inventor\SW\
SaveAssemSeperateFolder
False
AddFilenamePrefix
False
FilenamePrefix

AddFilenameSuffix
False
FilenameSuffix

EmbedInDocument
True
SaveToDisk
False
ImportSolid
True
ImportSurface
True
ImportWire
True
CreateIFO
False
ImportAASP
False
ImportAASPIndex
0
CreateSurfIndex
1
GroupName

GroupNameIndex
0
ExplodeMSB2Assm
False
ImportUnit
0
CheckDuringLoad
False
AutoStitchAndPromote
True
AdvanceHealing
False
EdgeSplitAndMergeDisabled
False
FaceSplitAndMergeDisabled
False
AssociativeImport
False
SelectiveImport
False
LinkVisibility
True
E.g.ifyouwanttoimportacompleteSolidWorksassemblyandsavethecreatedInventorfiles,thenthetranslatorhasanoptionforthat.Youcanspecifywherethecreatedfilesshould
beplacedandalsoiftheyshouldbesavedduringthecreationofthosefiles,soyoudon'tevenhavetoiteratethroughthemandsavethemactuallyifyousavethemainassemblyanduse
Application.SilentOperation=True,thatshoulddothetricktoo.
Thefollowingcodecanautomatethewholeimportandsavepart:

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SubImportAndSaveSolidWorksFiles()
DimoAddInsAsApplicationAddIns
SetoAddIns=ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns

'SolidWorkstranslatoraddin
DimoTAAsTranslatorAddIn
SetoTA=oAddIns.ItemById("{402BE503725D41CBB746D557AB83BAF1}")

'Activateifneeded
IfNotoTA.ActivatedThenoTA.Activate

DimoTOAsTransientObjects
SetoTO=ThisApplication.TransientObjects

DimoDMAsDataMedium
SetoDM=oTO.CreateDataMedium
oDM.FileName="C:\Gears\gears.SLDASM"

DimoTCAsTranslationContext
SetoTC=oTO.CreateTranslationContext
oTC.Type=kFileBrowseIOMechanism

DimoNVMAsNameValueMap
SetoNVM=oTO.CreateNameValueMap

'Showtheoptionsdialogifyouwant
'CalloTA.ShowOpenOptions(oDM,oTC,oNVM)
'andprintouttheavailableoptions
'CallPrintInfo(oNVM,1)

'Settheoptionsweneed
CalloNVM.Add("SaveComponentDuringLoad",True)
CalloNVM.Add("SaveLocationIndex",1)
CalloNVM.Add("ComponentDestFolder","C:\Users\adamnagy\Documents\Inventor\SW\")
CalloNVM.Add("SaveAssemSeperateFolder",False)

DimoDocAsDocument
CalloTA.Open(oDM,oTC,oNVM,oDoc)
EndSub

SubPrintInfo(vAsVariant,indentAsInteger)
IfTypeOfvIsNameValueMapThen
DimnvmAsNameValueMap
Setnvm=v
DimiAsInteger
Fori=1Tonvm.Count
Debug.PrintTab(indent);nvm.Name(i)
CallPrintInfo(nvm.Value(nvm.Name(i)),indent+1)
Next
Else
Debug.PrintTab(indent);v
EndIf
EndSub
Result:

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Comments
Antoinesaid...

Hello,
ThanksforthisPost.ItrytomaketheoperationimportingaCATIAV5Product.
MycaseisabitdifferentbecauseIdon'twantpartsandassembliestobesaved,justloadinsessionsoIdidn'tfilltheseoptions:
SaveComponentDuringLoad=false
SaveLocationIndex=0
ComponentDestFolder=""
AssemDestFolder=""
SaveAssemSeperateFolder=False
ButIgetanerroratoTA.Open(...)
Inventorwarnsmewiththemessage(cannotcreatethefolder...)
Itriedtochangethesevaluesbutstillnosuccess.
Maybesomeonecouldhelpme?
Reply 10/31/2016at08:50AM(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2015/11/importandsavenonnativefiles.html#comment6a0167607c2431970b01bb094d8d56970d)

AdamNagy(http://profile.typepad.com/1236098880s16462)saidinreplytoAntoine...

HiAntoine,
FirstyoushouldcheckifyoucanevendoitintheUI.IfthatisrunningintoissuestoothentheAPIwon'tbeabletodoiteither.
IfyouneedmorehelpthenbestwouldbetologthisontheInventorCustomisationforumandprovidemoreinformationonwhatexactlyyouaredoing.
Cheers,
Adam
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