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All,
I want to translate all of the drawings resident on my hard disk into
IGES files. Anyone point me in the right direction for a script file or LISP
routine to do this. I want the translation to take place unattended. Any
reply would be very much appreciated.
Don
First of all, I hope you have a very big hard disk. .. IGES files are
verbose. 3 to 10 times bigger than the same drawing in AutoCAD format, I'd
guess. .. I suspect you could do what you propose to do by using DOS to
make a text file that listed all the drawings in a directory (something
like: .. DIR *.DWG>DRAWINGS.TXT .. and then use lisp to go through the
text file making up another file, a script file, that would call up the
next drawing, issue and IGESOUT, quit, and call up the next drawing. ..
How's that for a pointer? .. Good luck! .. Lansing Pugh Authorized
AutoCAD Dealer / Austin, Texas / (512) 441-4666
First of all, I hope you have a very big hard disk. .. IGES files are
verbose. 3 to 10 times bigger than the same drawing in AutoCAD format, I'd
guess. .. I suspect you could do what you propose to do by using DOS to
make a text file that listed all the drawings in a directory (something
like: .. DIR *.DWG>DRAWINGS.TXT .. and then use lisp to go through the
text file making up another file, a script file, that would call up the
next drawing, issue and IGESOUT, quit, and call up the next drawing. ..
How's that for a pointer? .. Good luck! .. Lansing Pugh Authorized
AutoCAD Dealer / Austin, Texas / (512) 441-4666