Topic: Preserving dwg file names with dots when converting to pdf

[Notsober]

...he can't install anything.

well, he could.

if only he just knew how...

[ELOQUINTET]

yeah well it's a long process getting authorization for anything around here. o yeah and most of our IT people are located in north carolina, go figure.

[Notsober]

yeah well it's a long process getting authorization for anything around here. o yeah and most of our IT people are located in north carolina, go figure.

it would be faster to enter safe mode and log into Admin or Administrator (most times doesn't have a password) and either change your account type to computer administrator, or simply download and install PrimoPDF - or whatever you want - tada!




Disclaimer: I claim irresponsibility for this post, and I don't approve of this message. Use the information with discretion to the value of your job.

[ELOQUINTET]

If I want a program I'd prefer to not go against company policy to acquire it but thanks for the info anyway.

[Notsober]

If I want a program I'd prefer to not go against company policy to acquire it but thanks for the info anyway.

yeah, I wasn't really suggesting you did so... unless you didn't care anything about keeping your job.

[JohnK]

I have a problem when converting dwgs to pdf. Our file names contain dots so when it reaches the first dot it strips the rest of the file name off. I know it is bad practice to put dots in filenames but I inherited this mess and need to find a workaround. Is there a way to extract the filename then put it in place of the truncated one. In my case, The file name equals a sort of barcode which can be rather long and one is very similar to another. I do not want to be manually fixing this problem as I'm afraid I could mistype it. We are often creating pdfs when we are sending a file out of house to be fabricated so an error at this stage could lead to a major disaster. Does anyone have anything that could help me?

Are the file names always consistent and or a standard? Cause if so a simple batch program could possibly help (If the standard is complicated then maybe a vbs file) but i think its do-able.

Example please

[ELOQUINTET]

Sorry I've not checked in for a bit. Our filenames are somewhat consistent but rather complicated. I will try to post some examples tomorrow.

[ELOQUINTET]

OK so here is the structure of our filenames, see if this makes sense.

Single items

1 Brand
2 -
3 Gender
4 Year of library creation
5 .
6 Fixture Series
7 Unique fixture code
8 .
9 Revision Number

example

L-W03.91A1.3

Translation:

Lauren (Brand)
Women (Gender)
-
03 (Year of library creation)
.
91 (Mannequin Series)
A1 (Unique fixture code)
.3  (Revision Number)

We also have Groups of items and the only difference in the filenames is that items 6-9 repeat with an underscore between them.

Example:

L-W03.91A1.3_96B2a_96C2b.1

We need unique names for nested items so we can track and identify what version of block our store planners are using in their plans which are linked to cost reports. We have been planning 100 stores all over europe and asia and having shop fitters bid on it while the designing had been evolving so there are obsolete block definitions in their plans that need to be dealt with somehow. Anywho, This is the basic idea, does this help shed a little light on it?