will or how to delete files automatically after pack & go

[duk748]

hello - will or how is solidworks able to automatically delete files thta have just been packed & go - is there a way to do this or is manually deleting the only waqy - any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Unfortunately, manual deletion is the only available option.

Having said that, maybe an API guru could develop a macro to compare folders and select the 'duplicates' for deletion.

 

[ArtemTat]

There is no event in SolidWorks which notifies me that pack-n-go is completed. However it is possible to create a macro which either calls the Pack-n-Go API thus know when the process is finished or completely reimplement the Pack-n-Go functionality (in this case it can even work without opening the files in SolidWorks).

If I correctly understand your workflow is the following:

1) Open assembly
2) Create pack and go
3) Close assembly
4) Remove assembly files which were just packed in.

Please confirm. If that's correct please clarify what features of Pack-N-Go you are using (prefixes, zipping)? I can help with macro.

Regards,
Artem Taturevych
Application Engineer at Intercad

http://intercad.com.au/

Tel: +61 2 9454 4444

 

[ctopher]

You can also select the zip function within pack and go. Unzip to a new folder, delete the old files. But as the others wrote, manually delete.

Chris
SolidWorks 11
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[duk748]

hello again & thank you for the help - yes artemtat's post is what i was looking for - many thanks again to a great group of people & all their help

 

[ArtemTat]

Please check the attached macro which moves and renames thу file and its dependencies.

1) Open the macro in edit mode (Tools->Macro->Edit)
2) You will see the following declaration under the macro header.

Const SOURCE_FILE As String = "C:\Input\Assem1.SLDASM"
Const DEST_FOLDER As String = "C:\Output\"
Const SUFFIX As String = "_test"

3) Specify the input file as first constant, output folder (may be the same as input folder) as second constant (you should include '\' at the end of path, and suffix to append to all file names. Save and run the macro.

Note no SolidWorks documents should be opened when macro running.

This should be executed very quickly because the references updated internally in file without opening in SolidWorks. When done message box is displayed.

Let me know if you have any questions or need some changes.

Hope it helps.

PLEASE BACKUP YOUR DATA WHEN TESTING THE MACRO!

Regards,
Artem Taturevych
Application Engineer at Intercad

http://intercad.com.au/

Tel: +61 2 9454 4444

 

[duk748]

hello again & thank you so much - there is a runtime error in the macro

 

[ArtemTat]

Hello,

Could you please attach the snapshot of an error and the line of macro it is thrown in?

Regards,
Artem Taturevych
Application Engineer at Intercad

http://intercad.com.au/

Tel: +61 2 9454 4444

 

[duk748]

hello again - please find the attached 2 screens per your request - once again you really did not have to do this but it is greatly appreciated - thank you

 

[duk748]

here is the error in solidworks

 

[ArtemTat]

Hi,

I'm sorry for that. It seems your assembly has no components. The error you are referring happens when the file has no external reference. Please try the attached macro.

Just for test can you try to run the macro on a simple assembly with one or two components (not virtual components)?


Regards,
Artem Taturevych
Application Engineer at Intercad

http://intercad.com.au/

Tel: +61 2 9454 4444