Enabling Save as 3D PDF in the Convert Task Script

You can add content to the Convert task script to enable users to save SOLIDWORKS files to 3D PDF files.

1. Expand Tasks and click Convert.
2. In the Convert - Properties dialog box, in the left pane, click Output File Details.
3. Click Advanced Scripting Options.
4. Under Enter script to execute in SOLIDWORKS, scroll to the end of the following section of the script, which is at line 410:

   If Not isEmpty(vConfNames) Then
               If ([FileConfs] And 4) = 4 Then
                   ' Save configurations
                   For i = 0 to UBound(vConfNames)
                     swModel.ShowConfiguration vConfNames(i)
   
                     convFileNameTemp = GetFullFileName(convFileName, vConfNames(i), i, UBound(vConfNames))

5. Insert the following lines:

   'Enable 3D PDF export
              Set swPDFExport = swApp.GetExportFileData(1)
              swPDFExport.exportAs3D = True

6. In the next line of code, replace the Nothing parameter with swPDFExport.

   The line should read:

   ' Convert the document
            Success = swExtension.SaveAs(convFileNameTemp, swSaveAsCurrentVersion,swSaveAsOptions_Silent, swPDFExport, errors, warnings)

7. Click OK to save the script.
8. Click OK.