A new add-in has been released! The Convert Inventor Task Add-in is an add-in that converts Autodesk Inventor files to PDF, DXF, and STEP. One of the major features of this add-in is the ability to add watermarks to your output PDF files. The watermark feature will be added to the entire convert add-in product…
A new add-in has been released; Office to PDF Task Add-in. This add-in is functionality equivalent to the Print to PDF Task Add-in, but it only supports MS Office files. However, it does not require the Bullzip PDF Printer to be installed. Customers who wish to only work with MS Office files may wish to use…
The latest version of the Convert With DraftSight add-in has been released. This update was a major overhaul, and incorporates many new features and a few bug fixes. The biggest change is the scripting engine, which allows one to output specific sheets based on blocks and variables values. Old scripts will still work, however. The…
Version 2 has been released of the Print to PDF add-in. Microsoft Office formats can now export to PDF natively and PDF security has been added. More details can be found on the Print to PDF product page.
I am currently rewriting my Print to PDF task add-in and I am looking for a few individuals that would be willing to beta test the next version. If you’re interested, please drop me an email at lcsy@ehcanadian.ca. Thank you!
There isn’t a built in method of checking if a file is shared. (As of EPDM 2014.) Here is a small method to check whether or not a file is shared;
I was recently working on an app that used the SolidWorks EPDM API; specifically the app saves and restores folder permissions. While trying to set permissions, I was getting the error: The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) After trying different methods of working with the EdmFolderPermission array, I noticed that I had ‘Embed…
What’s new? I have recently received a lot of interest in my Print to PDF Task Addin. Many have asked if I am still providing support and if I will continue to update the addin with new features. The answer is yes! I would like to announce that I have released the latest version of…
Here’s an example of adding and removing users and groups from a vault using the SolidWorks EPDM API. The example does the following: Creates an example group Creates an example user Add the user to the group Removes the user from the group Removes the user Removes the group If the user or group exists…
I recently had someone ask me to provide an example using PHP with the SolidWorks EPDM API. I am posting the example I provided in hopes it may help someone else down the road. Note the module name in the ‘new COM’ line. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> <html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> <head> <style…