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SolidWorks is able to save drawings and current model views as a PDF format file.\u00c2\u00a0 \"SaveAsPDFThere’s been a lot of macros written over the years that cut the process of saving as PDF down to as few steps as possible. One of the long standing requests for this type of macro (and many similar types of macros) is to allow the user to pick the save location. Just uploaded is a macro<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(SaveAsPDF with Folder Selection<\/a>) that does just this, and simplifies the location selection process for default folders. This new macro also uses more modern API techniques to save the file (using modelext::saveas instead of model::saveas4).<\/p>\n

This macro does many things that previous macros haven’t.\u00c2\u00a0 While allowing the user to establish a default save location folder, it also provides automatic alternative choices when the default is not available.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Yet, even with all of these, the user can still override automated selection and pick a new location.\u00c2\u00a0 It does all of this without the use of VB6 forms.<\/p>\n

As with other macros that do similar tasks, this will work best when assigned to a keyboard shortcut or a toolbar icon.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Also, as with all SolidWorks macros, there is a chance it will not work “out-of-the-box”.\u00c2\u00a0 This is normally due to the fact that SolidWorks updates core\u00c2\u00a0reference libraries with each release.\u00c2\u00a0 If errors are encountered,\u00c2\u00a0simply\u00c2\u00a0re-reference to\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0libraries that are available\u00c2\u00a0to allow the macro to function.\u00c2\u00a0 More information about that is available in this previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SolidWorks is able to save drawings and current model views as a PDF format file.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s been a lot of macros written over the years that cut the process of saving as PDF down to as few steps as possible. 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