The Create Sheet Images Generation Task will save images of multiple drawing sheets.
| Property Name | Description |
|---|---|
| (Name) | The unique name for this task. |
| Images Extension | The extension of the images (for example, .png). |
| Sheet Names | Pipe (|) delimited list of sheet names to export. Leave empty to export the current sheet or use an asterisk (*) to export all sheets. |
| Images Folder | The folder to save the images to (leave blank to use the folder the generated drawing is saved to). |
| Images Name | The file name of the images (leaving this blank will use the drawings name). Note the given value will be added as a suffix to the sheet name. |
| Overwrite | TRUE to overwrite the files if they exist, FALSE to keep any existing files. |
| Specification Id | The Id of the specification to associate the images with. |
| Zoom To Fit | TRUE to zoom to fit before creating the images. |
When this Generation task is added, some properties are static by default.
See How To: Change A Static Property To A Dynamic Property to enable rules to be built on these properties.
| Property Name | Example Rule | Example Result | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Images Extension | .png | .png | Will create .png image files of the sheets.
Valid image extensions for drawings include:
|
| Sheet Names | * | * | Will create image files of all sheets in the drawing. |
| Sheet Names | sheet1|sheet3 | sheet1|sheet3 | Will create image files of sheet1 and sheet3 only. |
| Images Folder | Will create the image files in the same folder as the drawing. | ||
| Images Folder | "C:\DrawingImages" | C:\DrawingImages | Will create the image files in the C:\DrawingImages folder.
The task will create the folder if it does not exist. |
| Images Name | Will create images with the same name as the drawing, with the sheet name added as a suffix to each.
For example: <Drawing Name> <DWSpecification> - <Sheet Name>.<Image Extension> | ||
| Images Name | "Image" | Image | Will create images with the name "Image", with the sheet name added as a suffix to each.
For example: Image - <Sheet Name>.<Image Extension> |
| Overwrite | False | False | Will keep existing files if they already exist in the Images Folder. |
| Specification Id | Will associate all created images with the current specification. | ||
| Specification Id | 22 | 22 | Will associate all created images with the specification with the Id 22.
This is particularly useful if you have a separate project that batch creates drawing images that require associating to a specification. |
| Zoom To Fit | True | True | Will perform a zoom to fit on each sheet prior to creating the images. |