Hi,

just wondering if it is possible to batch open OBJ SubD files and save them to 3dm using JavaScript. I can do it manually (and it works), but I have dozen of such files and it would take hours to do so. I have some scripts to batch open STEP files and it woks great, but OBJs cannot be opened in a standard way like other formats ...

Thanks a lot for any help!

Stan

Hi Stan, so for opening a STEP file you were probably using moi.geometryDatabase.open() ?

For opening a sub-d file same as the SubD > Create > From file on the side pane, use this:

moi.geometryDatabase.fileImportSubD();

- Michael

Hi Michael,

this sounds very cool! For STEP I use the following code (plus the code which retrieves files from the folder and calls Convert function) :

function Convert( FileName )
{
var gd = moi.geometryDatabase;
gd.open( FileName, true );
var xFileName = FileName.substr( 0, FileName.lastIndexOf('.') ) + '.3dm';
gd.saveAs( xFileName );
gd.fileNew( true );
}


So is that like instead of

gd.open( FileName, true );

I would use just

gd.fileImportSubD( FileName, true );


Thanks thousand times!

Stan

Hi Stan,

re:
> I would use just
>
> gd.fileImportSubD( FileName, true );

That will probably work but it's actually expecting just the filename, so just put:

gd.fileImportSubD( FileName );

The additional parameter on open() is for not showing the "save changes" dialog.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

I got it working with True param as well, but I will modify it so it gets just file name. This will save me tons of time, thank you very much once again. Great support!

Stan