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Export rules does not apply to multiple exported files inside ZIP file
Erik_Boye_Abrahamsen
Member Posts: 7 ✭
Hey,
As my title: Export rules does not apply to multiple exported files inside ZIP file.
So I have several drawings I need to export to PDF. its over 20, so it's not impossible to do one and one( but this is not scalable in the long run, if I add 20 more parts and do a new revision its not unlikely I need to do 40 exports)
Any work around or is there a specific export option to make the items inside the zipped file to follow the export rules?
Also any ETA on this feature if its not already available?
As my title: Export rules does not apply to multiple exported files inside ZIP file.
So I have several drawings I need to export to PDF. its over 20, so it's not impossible to do one and one( but this is not scalable in the long run, if I add 20 more parts and do a new revision its not unlikely I need to do 40 exports)
Any work around or is there a specific export option to make the items inside the zipped file to follow the export rules?
Also any ETA on this feature if its not already available?
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Answers
Bumping again. I thought this was just a me problem, I can't believe it's actually not supported.
it’s possible the Onshape team doesn’t know it’s needed. Maybe create an improvement request or vote for an existing one.
You’re definitely not alone!
I'm confused. Almost a year ago this improvement happened for things in zip files:
Improvements to Onshape - April 28th, 2023 — Onshape
Yet this thread is active and there are a bunch of improvement requests which haven't been marked complete.
For example:
and/or here:
oh, and here:
and there's also this:
and this:
Can someone who knows this stuff inside and out ( @PeteYodis ? ) take a look at this stuff and help update the status of the improvement requests?
@marshallwentworth @nick_brown567
Is it possible you don't know about setting Export rules in your account preferences?
@S1mon I was hopeful I had just missed something, but I checked again. The export rules do not apply they way I want them to. The desired outcome I'm looking for is that I export a part studio or assembly, check the "Export unique parts as individual files" button, and receive a .zip file. That zip should be named whatever the assembly name is, and then the files inside that folder should all have the names as if I had exported each of them individually.
When I do this for STLs at least, I don't get that behavior. It does not apply my export rules at all when exporting multiple parts at once.
I hadn't tested this in a while. That's disappointing. Hopefully they will get around to fixing this.
It works fine for me. At least for the parts. I haven't tested extensively though
Just confirmed with PDF's. I added rule… ${document.name}_${name} to my drawing output rules and the files inside the zip take on the name of the document plut the drawing tab name.